Alnus japonica

Alnus japonica

Alnus japonica

Alnus japonica

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Alnus japonica 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 japonica

Name

Alnus japonica (Thunb.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot, ed. 2. 1: 55 (1840).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Betula japonica Thunb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 45 (1799).
• Homotypic
  • Alnus maritima var. japonica (Thunb.) Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(2): 428 (1865).
  • Alnus japonica var. genuina Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 228 (1911).
• Heterotypic
  • Alnus harinoki Siebold, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 25 (1830.
  • Alnus japonica Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 230 (1846).
  • Alnus japonica var. minor Miq., Prolus. Fl. Jap.: 69 (1865).
  • Alnus maritima var. arguta Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(2): 428 (1865).
  • Alnus japonica var. arguta (Regel) Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 229 (1911).
  • Alnus japonica var. koreana Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 229 (1911).
  • Alnus japonica var. latifolia Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 228 (1911).
  • Alnus japonica var. reginosa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 46 (1915).
  • Alnus reginosa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 46 (1915).
  • Alnus × borealis var. koreana (Callier) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 44 1919).
  • Alnus japonica var. rufa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 45 (1919).
  • Alnus japonica var. rufinervis Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 2 (1932).
  • Alnus japonica var. villosa L.Zhao & D.Chen, Fl. Liaoningica 1: 1361 (1988).
  • Alnus japonica f. arguta (Regel) H.Ohba, Fl. Japan 2a: 30 (2006).
  • Alnus japonica f. koreana (Callier) H.Ohba, Fl. Japan 2a: 30 (2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin Regional: China China North-Central (Hebei, Shandong), China Southeast (Anhui, Henan, Jiangsu), Manchuria (Jilin, Liaoning) ' Regional:Eastern Asia' Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars I: Lit. A–K. 852 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (translated by F.G. Meyer & E.M. Walker). 1067 pp. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page. 
• Li, P.C. & Skvortsov, A.K. 1999. Alnus. Pp. 301–304 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Shaw, K., Roy, S. & Wilson, B. 2014. Alnus japonica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194581A2350700.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus japonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus japonica. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alnus japonica. Accessed: 21 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus japonica. 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 October 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Yapon qızılağacı
Deutsch: Japanische Erle
English: Japanese Alder
日本語: ハンノキ
Nederlands: Japanse els
Türkçe: Japon kızılağacı

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