Amelanchier alnifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 147 (1847).

Basionym
- Aronia alnifolia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 306 (1818).
Homotypic
- Amelanchier alnifolia var. typica C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 739 (1906), not validly publ.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 473 (1840).
- Amelanchier diversifolia var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.: 89 (1843).
- Amelanchier sanguinea var. alnifolia (Nutt.) P.Landry, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 122: 249 (1975).
- Pyrus alnifolia (Nutt.) Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 98 (1821).

Native distribution areas:

Native to:

Northern America
- Eastern Canada
  - Ontario.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.

Introduced into:

Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia.
- Middle Europe
  - Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Poland.
- Northern Europe
  - Finland, Norway, Sweden.

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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.) 2014. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. xxiv + 713 pp., Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-534029-7. efloras FNA Website Reference page.
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group 2018. Amelanchier alnifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135957919A135957921.en..