Alnus subcordata

Alnus subcordata, Lenkoran valley, Azerbaijan
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Alnus subcordata is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Betuloideae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: A. subg. Alnus
Species: Alnus subcordata

Name

Alnus subcordata C.A.Mey., Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 43 (1831).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Alnus cordifolia var. subcordata (C.A.Mey.) Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, 13(2): 170, (1861).
  • Heterotypic
    • Alnus cordata var. tschmela Sommier & Levier, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, 16: 413, (1900).
    • Alnus cordifolia var. villosa Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, 13(2): 170, (1861).
    • Alnus tiliifolia K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(1): 634 (1872).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan).
    • Western Asia
      • Iran.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

  • Bobrov, E.G. 1936. Alnus. Pp. 306-320 in Komarov, V.L. (ed.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) V. [Saururaceae – Polygonaceae] [in Russian]. 735 pp, Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU. English translation: 587 pp. Reference page. 
  • Zare, H. & Amini, T. 2012. A Review of the Genus Alnus Gaertn. In Iran, New Records and New Species. Iranian Journal of Botany 18(1): 10–21. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • azərbaycanca: Qafqaz qızılağacı
  • Deutsch: Kaukasische Erle
  • English: Caucasian Alder
  • Nederlands: Kaukasische els
  • русский: Ольха сердцелистная
  • Türkçe: Kafkas kızılağacı
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