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Betula (birch)
Taxonomy
Betula was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Betulaceae by Gray (1822), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Hickey (1977), Shoshani et al. (1989), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Betulaceae by Gray (1822), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Hickey (1977), Shoshani et al. (1989), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
B. aequalis, B. alaskana, B. alnoides, B. angustifolia, B. basiserrata, B. beatriciana, B. bendirei, B. bryani, B. coryloides, B. dayana, B. deltoides, B. elliptica, B. fairii, B. fallax, B. florissanti, B. gracilis, B. grandifolia, B. hesterna, B. heterodonta, B. heteromorpha, B. iddingsi, B. largei, B. leopoldae, B. lutea, B. macclintockia, B. macrophylla, B. nanoides, B. nigra, B. parcedentata, B. perantiqua, B. prenigra, B. prisca, B. pseudofontinalis, B. schimperi, B. stevensonii (syn. B. goepperti), B. thor, B. truncata, B. utilis, B. vogdesii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Betula Linnaeus p. 982 |
| 1822 | Betula Gray p. 243 |
| 1899 | Betula Knowlton |
| 1919 | Betula Knowlton |
| 1926 | Betula Knowlton |
| 1959 | Betula Brown p. 128 |
| 1976 | Betula Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1977 | Betula Hickey |
| 1989 | Betula Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
| 1991 | Betula Chauhan |
| 1991 | Betula Srivastava |
| 1996 | Betula Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Betula Mabberley |
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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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available