Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alnus alnobetula subsp. alnobetula [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. crispa (Aiton) Raus

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:
aulne vert	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
björkal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
green alder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
grün-erle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sitka alder	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 54 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 304 (1805).
Alnaster viridis (Chaix) Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 201 (1841).
Alnus alnobetula var. brembana (Rota) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 106 (1904), nom. superfl.
Alnus alnobetula var. corylifolia (A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 4(2): 51 (1909).
Alnus alnobetula f. grandifolia Callier in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 3, 2: 57 (1909).
Alnus alnobetula f. laciniata Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus alnobetula var. microphylla (Arv.-Touv.) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus alnobetula f. mollis (Beck) Callier in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 3, 2: 57 (1909).
Alnus alnobetula var. parvifolia (Regel) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 146 (1891).
Alnus alnobetula var. pilosa Gelmi in K.W.von Dalla Torre & L.von von Sarnthein, Fl. Tirol 6(2): 51 (1905).
Alnus alpina Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 295 (1786).
Alnus brembana Rota Prosp. Fl. Bergamo: 79 (1853).
Alnus corylifolia A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre Anleit. Beob. Alpenreis.: 313 (1882).
Alnus microphylla Arv.-Touv. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 26: 39 (1879).
Alnus minor var. brembana (Rota) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1(3): 355 (1923), nom. superfl.
Alnus ovata (Schrank) G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 12: t. 1141 (1826).
Alnus viridis f. brembana (Rota) Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 326 (1913).
Alnus viridis var. brembana (Rota) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 672 (1881), nom. superfl.
Alnus viridis subsp. brembana (Rota) P.A.Schmidt Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 82: 33 (1996), nom. superfl.
Alnus viridis var. cordifolia Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 5 (1908).
Alnus viridis f. corylifolia (A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre) Callier in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 3: 88 (1910).
Alnus viridis var. corylifolia (A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus viridis var. demissorum Borbás Oesterr. Bot. Z. 32: 410 (1882).
Alnus viridis var. foucaudii Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 9: 120 (1905).
Alnus viridis subf. glabra Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911), nom. illeg.
Alnus viridis f. glabrata Callier Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 49 (1918).
Alnus viridis var. grandifolia Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 262 (1890).
Alnus viridis f. grandifolia (Beck) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus viridis subf. hirta Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911).
Alnus viridis f. hirtella Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911).
Alnus viridis lusus laciniata (Callier) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 415 (1911).
Alnus viridis f. laciniata (Callier) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus viridis var. microphylla (Arv.-Touv.) Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911), nom. illeg.
Alnus viridis var. microphylla Ces. in V. de Cesati, G. Passerini & E.G.Gibelli, Comp. Fl. Ital. 2: 216 (1872), nom. superfl.
Alnus viridis subsp. microphylla Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 631 (1882).
Alnus viridis var. minor Parl. Fl. Ital. 4: 131 (1868), nom. superfl.
Alnus viridis var. mollis Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 262 (1890).
Alnus viridis f. mollis (Beck) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
Alnus viridis var. parvifolia Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 422 (1865).
Alnus viridis f. parvifolia (Regel) Callier Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 47 (1918).
Alnus viridis var. pilosa Gelmi Prosp. Fl. Trentina: 151 (1893).
Alnus viridis f. pilosa Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911), nom. illeg.
Alnus viridis var. pumila Ces. Linnaea 32: 229 (1863).
Alnus viridis f. subvestita (Zapał.) Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911).
Alnus viridis var. subvestita Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 4 (1908).
Alnus viridis f. vulgaris (Callier) Callier Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 41 (1918).
Alnus viridis var. vulgaris Callier Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911).
Betula alpina Borkh. ex Theorin Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 1: 477 (1800).
Betula ovata Schrank Baier. Fl. 1: 419 (1789).
Betula viridis Chaix in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 374 (1786).
Duschekia ovata (Schrank) Opiz Seznam: 38 (1852).
Duschekia viridis (Chaix) Opiz Seznam: 38 (1852).
Duschekia viridis subsp. brembana (Rota) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 176 (1973), nom. superfl.
Semidopsis viridis (Chaix) Zumagl. Fl. Pedem. 1: 250 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alnus viridis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Alnus viridis (Chaix) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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