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Betulaceae (birch)
Taxonomy
Betulaceae was named by Gray (1822). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledoneae by Ozaki (1974); and to Fagales by Engler (1892), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Hickey (1977), Shoshani et al. (1989), Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledoneae by Ozaki (1974); and to Fagales by Engler (1892), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Hickey (1977), Shoshani et al. (1989), Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1822 | Betulaceae Gray pp. 222, 243 |
1892 | Betulaceae Engler p. 94 |
1919 | Betulaceae Knowlton |
1926 | Betulaceae Knowlton |
1941 | Betulaceae MacGinitie |
1961 | Betulaceae Chandler p. 63 |
1963 | Betulaceae Chandler p. 73 |
1974 | Betulaceae Ozaki |
1977 | Betulaceae Hickey |
1989 | Betulaceae Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
2000 | Betulaceae Mabberley |
2008 | Betulaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
2016 | Betulaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Betulaceae Gray 1822 [birch]
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G. †Alnites Hisinger 1837
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†Alnites crassus Lesquereux 1893
†Alnites curta Dawson 1890
†Alnites grandifolia Newberry 1869
†Alnites insignis Dawson 1882
G. Alnus Miller 1754 [alder]
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†Alnus alaskana Newberry 1882
†Alnus americana Ettingshausen 1883
†Alnus carpinifolia Lesquereux 1888
†Alnus carpinoides Lesquereux 1883
Alnus cordata Duby 1828
†Alnus corrallina Lesquereux 1883
†Alnus corylina Lesquereux 1882
†Alnus grandiflora Newberry 1882
†Alnus grewiopsis Ward 1885
†Alnus inaequilateralis Lesquereux 1875
†Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837
†Alnus macrodonta Knowlton 1902
†Alnus muelleri Ettingshausen 1883
Alnus nepalensis Don 1825
Alnus nitida Endlicher 1847
†Alnus operia MacGinitie 1941
†Alnus parvifolia Berry 1926
†Alnus poolensis Chandler 1963
†Alnus rhamnifolia Nuttall 1911
Alnus rubra Bongard 1833
†Alnus rugosa Koch 1872
†Alnus scalariforme Srivastava and Suzuki 2001
†Alnus serrata Newberry 1868
†Alnus serrulata Newberry 1898
G. Betula Linnaeus 1753 [birch]
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†Betula aequalis Lesquereux 1878
†Betula alaskana Lesquereux 1882
Betula alnoides Buchanan-Hamilton 1825
†Betula angustifolia Newberry 1882
†Betula basiserrata Ward 1885
†Betula beatriciana Lesquereux 1868
†Betula bendirei Knowlton 1902
†Betula bryani Knowlton 1926
†Betula coryloides Ward 1885
†Betula dayana Knowlton 1902
†Betula deltoides Knowlton 1916
†Betula elliptica Saporta 1861
†Betula fairii Knowlton 1926
†Betula fallax Lesquereux 1888
†Betula florissanti Lesquereux 1883
†Betula gracilis Ludwig 1861
†Betula grandifolia Ettingshausen 1867
†Betula hesterna Hickey 1977
†Betula heterodonta Newberry 1882
†Betula heteromorpha Knowlton 1902
†Betula iddingsi Knowlton 1899
†Betula largei Knowlton 1926
†Betula leopoldae Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Betula lutea Michaux 1811
†Betula macclintockia Cramer 1868
†Betula macrophylla Göppert 1859
†Betula nanoides Knowlton 1926
Betula nigra Linnaeus 1753
†Betula parcedentata Lesquereux 1883
†Betula perantiqua Dawson 1882
†Betula prenigra Berry 1916
†Betula prisca Ettingshausen 1851
†Betula pseudofontinalis Berry 1907
†Betula schimperi Lesquereux 1888
†Betula thor Knowlton 1926
†Betula truncata Lesquereux 1883
Betula utilis Don 1825
†Betula vogdesii Lesquereux 1875
G. †Betulapollenites Potonié
G. †Betulites Goeppert 1838
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†Betulites denticulata Heer 1866
†Betulites oblongus Campbell 1961
†Betulites obtusus Campbell 1961
†Betulites populifolius Lesquereux 1891
†Betulites quadratifolius Campbell 1961
†Betulites rugosus Lesquereux 1891
†Betulites salzhausensis Goeppert 1838
†Betulites snowii Lesquereux 1891
†Betulites westii Lesquereux 1891
G. Carpinus Linnaeus 1753 [hornbeam]
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†Carpinus attenuata Lesquereux 1883
†Carpinus betuloides Unger 1845
†Carpinus boveyanus Heer 1862
Carpinus caroliniana Walter 1788
†Carpinus davisi Chandler 1961
†Carpinus elkoana Lesquereux 1873
†Carpinus fraterna Lesquereux 1883
†Carpinus grandis Unger 1845
†Carpinus pseudocaroliniana Hollick 1906
†Carpinus subyedoensis Kon'no 1931
G. Corylus Linnaeus 1753 [hazel]
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†Corylus acutertiaria Hickey 1977
Corylus americana Walter 1788
Corylus colurna Linnaeus 1753
Corylus ferox Wallich 1830
†Corylus fosteri Ward 1885
†Corylus harrimani Knowlton 1904
†Corylus insignis Heer 1871
†Corylus orbiculata Newberry 1868
†Corylus palachei Knowlton 1904
Corylus rostrata Aiton 1789
G. †Ostryoxylon Akkemik 2018
G. †Polyporopollenites Thomson and Pflug 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available