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The Botanical System of the Plants
Das Botanisches System der Pflanzen
Friedrich A. Lohmueller

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Familia: Betulaceae Juss.
Subfamilia: Betuloideae Gray
Genus:   Alnus Mill. (alder - Erle)

Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa
 
Alnus incana
Alnus incana
 
Alnus subcordata
Alnus subcordata
 
Alnus viridis
Alnus viridis
 

Species: ~ 30 ?
Subgenus Alnus:
  • Alnus acuminata — (Andean alder). - Andes Mountains, South America.
  • Alnus cordata — (Italian alder). - Italy.
  • Alnus cremastogyne
  • Alnus firma Siebold & Zucc. — (Kyushu) Japan.
  • Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. — (black alder - Schwarz-Erle). Europe.
  • Alnus incana — (grey alder). Eurasia.
  • Alnus hirsuta (A. incana subsp. hirsuta) — (Manchurian alder). Northeastern Asia, and central Asia in mountains.
  • Alnus japonica (Thunb.) Steud. — (Japanese alder - Japanische Erle). Japan.
  • Alnus jorullensis — (Mexican alder). Mexico, Guatemala.
  • Alnus mandshurica — Russian Far East, China, Korea.
  • Alnus matsumurae — (Honshu) Japan.
  • Alnus nepalensis — (Nepalese alder). Eastern Himalaya, southwest China.
  • Alnus orientalis — (oriental alder). Southern Turkey, northwest Syria, Cyprus.
  • Alnus oblongifolia (A. incana subsp. oblongifolia) — (Arizona alder). Southwestern North America.
  • Alnus pendula — Japan, Korea.
  • Alnus rhombifolia — (white alder). Interior western North America.
  • Alnus rubra — (red alder). West coastal North America.
  • Alnus rugosa (A. incana subsp. rugosa) — (speckled alder). Northeastern North America.
  • Alnus serrulata — (Hazel alder), Tag Alder or Smooth alder. Eastern North America.
  • Alnus sieboldiana — (Honshu) Japan.
  • Alnus subcordata — (Caucasian alder). Caucasus, Iran.
  • Alnus tenuifolia (A. incana subsp. tenuifolia) — (thinleaf or mountain alder). Northwestern North America.
  • Alnus trabeculosa — China, Japan.
Subgenus Clethropsis:
  • Alnus formosana — (Formosan alder) Taiwan
  • Alnus maritima — (Seaside alder). East coastal North America, plus disjunct population in Oklahoma.
  • Alnus nitida — (Himalayan alder). Western Himalaya.
Subgenus Alnobetula:
  • Alnus viridis — (green alder - Grün-Erle).
  • Alnus viridis subsp. viridis Eurasia.
  • Alnus viridis subsp. maximowiczii (A. maximowiczii). Japan.
  • Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (A. crispa). Northern North America.
  • Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata (A. sinuata), (Sitka alder or Slide alder). Western North America, far northeastern Siberia.

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