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. BHL 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. 

Links

• Rivers, M.C. & Zare, H. 2018. Alnus subcordata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T194249A2305993.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus subcordata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus subcordata. Published online. Accessed: March 14 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alnus subcordata. Accessed: 14 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus subcordata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 14. 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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