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Betula

The genus Betula is in the family Betulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Betula

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Betula alajica Litv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula albosinensis Burkill Accepted H WCSP
Betula alleghaniensis Britton Accepted H WCSP
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Accepted H WCSP
Betula × alpestris Fr. Accepted H WCSP
Betula apoiensis Nakai ex H.Hara Accepted H WCSP
Betula × aurata Borkh. Accepted H WCSP
Betula austrosichotensis V.N.Vassil. & V.I.Baranov Accepted H WCSP
Betula × avatshensis Kom. Accepted H WCSP
Betula baschkirica Tzvelev Accepted H WCSP
Betula bomiensis P.C.Li Accepted H WCSP
Betula × bottnica Mela Accepted H WCSP
Betula × caerulea Blanch. Accepted H WCSP
Betula calcicola (W.W.Sm.) P.C.Li Accepted H WCSP
Betula callosa Lindq. Accepted M TRO
Betula ceratoptera G.H.Liu & Y.C.Ma Accepted H WCSP
Betula chichibuensis H.Hara Accepted H WCSP
Betula chinensis Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Betula chitralica Browicz Accepted H WCSP
Betula coriaceifolia V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula corylifolia Regel & Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Betula costata Trautv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula cylindrostachya Lindl. ex Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Betula dahurica Pall. Accepted H WCSP
Betula delavayi Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Betula divaricata Ledeb. Accepted H WCSP
Betula dolicholepis Ovcz., Czukav. & Shibkova Accepted H WCSP
Betula × dugleana Lepage Accepted H WCSP
Betula × dutillyi Lepage Accepted H WCSP
Betula × eastwoodiae Sarg. Accepted H WCSP
Betula ermanii Cham. Accepted H WCSP
Betula falcata V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula ferganensis V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula forrestii Hand.-Mazz. Accepted H WCSP
Betula fruticosa Pall. Accepted H WCSP
Betula fujianensis J.Zeng, Jian H.Li & Z.D.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Betula glandulosa Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Betula globispica Shirai Accepted H WCSP
Betula grossa Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP
Betula halophila Ching Accepted H WCSP
Betula heptopotamica V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula honanensis S.Y.Wang & C.L.Chang Accepted H WCSP
Betula × hornei E.J.Butler Accepted H WCSP
Betula humilis Schrank Accepted H WCSP
Betula insignis Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Betula × jackii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP
Betula jarmolenkoana Golosk. Accepted H WCSP
Betula jiaodongensis S.B.Liang Accepted H WCSP
Betula jinpingensis P.C. Li Accepted M TRO
Betula jiulungensis P.C.Li ex Q.Lin Accepted H WCSP
Betula karagandensis V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula kenaica W.H.Evans Accepted H WCSP
Betula kirghisorum Sawicz Accepted H WCSP
Betula klokovii Zaver. Accepted H WCSP
Betula korshinskyi Litv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula kotulae Zaver. Accepted H WCSP
Betula kunarensis Browicz Accepted H WCSP
Betula lanata (Regel) V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula lenta L. Accepted H WCSP
Betula litwinowii Doluch. Accepted H WCSP
Betula luminifera H.J.P.Winkl. Accepted H WCSP
Betula margusarica V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula maximowicziana Regel Accepted H WCSP
Betula medwediewii Regel Accepted H WCSP
Betula megrelica Sosn. Accepted H WCSP
Betula michauxii Spach Accepted H WCSP
Betula microphylla Bunge Accepted H WCSP
Betula minor (Tuck.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Betula murgabica V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula × murrayana B.V.Barnes & Dancik Accepted H WCSP
Betula nana L. Accepted H WCSP
Betula neoalaskana Sarg. Accepted H WCSP
Betula nigra L. Accepted H WCSP
Betula obscura Kotula Accepted M TRO
Betula occidentalis Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Betula ovalifolia Rupr. Accepted H WCSP
Betula ovczinnikovii V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula oycoviensis Besser Accepted M TRO
Betula pamirica Litv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula papyrifera Marshall Accepted H WCSP
Betula paramushirensis Barkalov Accepted H WCSP
Betula pendula Roth Accepted H WCSP
Betula platyphylla Sukaczev Accepted H WCSP
Betula populifolia Marshall Accepted H WCSP
Betula potamophila V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula potaninii Batalin Accepted H WCSP
Betula procurva Litv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula psammophila V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula pubescens Ehrh. Accepted H WCSP
Betula pumila L. Accepted H WCSP
Betula × purpusii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP
Betula pyrolifolia V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula raddeana Trautv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula × raymundii Lepage Accepted H WCSP
Betula regeliana V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula rockii (Rehder) C.-A.Jansson Accepted H WCSP
Betula saksarensis Polozhij & A.T.Malzeva Accepted H WCSP
Betula × sandbergii Britton Accepted H WCSP
Betula saposhnikovii Sukaczev Accepted H WCSP
Betula × sargentii Dugle Accepted H WCSP
Betula saviczii V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula schmidtii Regel Accepted H WCSP
Betula seravschanica V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula sunanensis Y.J.Zhang Accepted H WCSP
Betula szechuanica (C.K.Schneid.) C.-A.Jansson Accepted H WCSP
Betula tadzhikistanica V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula tianschanica Rupr. Accepted H WCSP
Betula turkestanica Litv. Accepted H WCSP
Betula tuturinii V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP
Betula × uliginosa Dugle Accepted H WCSP
Betula × utahensis Britton Accepted H WCSP
Betula utilis D.Don Accepted H WCSP
Betula × vologdensis Tzvelev Accepted H WCSP
Betula × winteri Dugle Accepted H WCSP
Betula wuyiensis J.B.Xiao Accepted H WCSP
Betula × zimpelii Junge Accepted H WCSP
Betula zinserlingii V.N.Vassil. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 466 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Betula. Of these 117 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 476 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Betula. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 466 species names for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 117 25.1%
Synonym 279 59.9%
Unplaced 33 7.1%
Unassessed 37 7.9%

All names

The status of the 942 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 142 15.1%
Synonym 728 77.3%
Unplaced 33 3.5%
Unassessed 39 4.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 466 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Betula, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 113 267 0 0 380 81.5%
Medium confidence 4 11 0 0 15 3.2%
Low confidence 0 1 33 37 71 15.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Betula, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 12 0 26 0 42 9.0%
WCSP 113 267 33 11 0 424 91.0%