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Accepted name:: Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa (Aiton) Raus [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Alnus alnobetula (Ehrh.) K.Koch
Infraspecies:: 4

Alnus alnobetula subsp. alnobetula

Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa (Rupr.) Raus

Alnus alnobetula subsp. sinuata (Regel) Raus

Alnus alnobetula subsp. suaveolens (Req.) Lambinon & Kerguélen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american green alder	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill Bot. Mag. 173: 382 (1962).
Alnaster crispus (Aiton) Czerep. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 96 (1955).
Alnus alnobetula var. crispa (Aiton) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 107 (1904).
Alnus alnobetula var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 107 (1904).
Alnus crispa (Aiton) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 181 (1814).
Alnus crispa var. elongata Raup J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 243 (1936).
Alnus crispa var. harricanensis Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 77: 44 (1950).
Alnus crispa var. mollis (Fernald) Fernald Rhodora 15: 44 (1913).
Alnus crispa f. stragula Fernald Rhodora 17: 144 (1945).
Alnus mitchelliana M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray Amer. J. Sci. Arts 42: 42 (1842).
Alnus mollis Fernald Rhodora 6: 162 (1904).
Alnus ovata f. macrophylla Lange Meddel. Grønland 3: 280 (1887).
Alnus ovata f. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Kjellm. in A.E.Nordenskiöld, Vega-Exped. Vetensk. Iakttag. 2: 52 (1883).
Alnus ovata var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Lange Fl. Dan. 16(46): 12 (1871).
Alnus repens Wormsk. ex Hornem. in G.C.Oeder, Fl. Dan.: 2738 (1867).
Alnus undulata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 336 (1805).
Alnus viridis var. crispa (Aiton) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 271 (1924).
Alnus viridis lusus glabra Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 138 (1861).
Alnus viridis f. groenlandica Callier Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 48 (1918).
Alnus viridis f. macrophylla Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911).
Alnus viridis f. pubescens Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911).
Alnus viridis var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911).
Alnus viridis f. typica Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911), not validly publ.
Betula alnus var. crispa (Aiton) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 181 (1803).
Betula alnus-crispa Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 201 (1840).
Betula crispa Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 339 (1789).
Duschekia crispa (Aiton) Pouzar Preslia 36: 339 (1964).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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