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Alnus incana (L.) Moench

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AlnusMill.accepted genus name
Alnaster Spach heterotypic synonym
Alnobetula (W. D. J. Koch) Schur heterotypic synonym
Betula-alnus Marshall heterotypic synonym
Clethropsis Spach heterotypic synonym
Cremastogyne (H. J. P. Winkl.) Czerep. heterotypic synonym
Duschekia Opiz heterotypic synonym
Semidopsis Zumagl. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Betula alnus var. incana L. basionym
Alnus februaria var. incana (L.) Kuntze homotypic synonym
Betula alnus var. incana L. homotypic synonym
Betula incana (L.) L. f. homotypic synonym

Children

Alnus incana (L.) Moench subsp. incana
Alnus incana subsp. kolaensis (Orlova) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) R. T. Clausen

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: vern pilós sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Witte els sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Grey alder sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Grey Alder sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: haltza zuri sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: Fearnóg liath
 Georgian: ნაცრისფერი მურყანი sources: Georgia PESI focal point
 Irish: Fearnóg liath sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Norwegian Bokmål: gråor
 Norwegian Nynorsk: gråor
 Spanish, Castillian: aliso gris sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: gråal
 Welsh: gwernen lwyd

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Methodus. 1794.

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Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Alnus incana (L.) Moench. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=57B5F3C4-C473-4D41-B6D6-E31258914E5B

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