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The genus Betula is in the family Betulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source | Date supplied | Infra. rec. |
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Betula alajica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula albosinensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula alleghaniensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula alnoides | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × alpestris | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × alpina | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula angulata | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula apoiensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × aschersoniana | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ashburneri | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × aurata | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula austrosichotensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × avatshensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × baicalensis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula baschkirica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula bomiensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × borggreveana | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula borggreveana | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula × bottnica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula browicziana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × caerulea | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula calcicola | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula callosa | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula camtschatica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula carelica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula ceratoptera | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula chichibuensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula chinensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula chitralica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ciliata | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula collina | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula coriacea | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula coriaceifolia | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula corylifolia | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula corylifolia | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula costata | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula cryptocarpa | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula cyclophylla | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula cylindrostachya | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula cylindrostachys | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula dahurica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula darvasica | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula delavayi | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula divaricata | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula dolicholepis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × dugleana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × dutillyi | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × eastwoodiae | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × eastwoodiae | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula ermanii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 1 | |
Betula ethmensis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula falcata | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ferganensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula finituma | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula forrestii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula fruticosa | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula fujianensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula glabrata | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula glaebosa | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × glandulosa | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula glandulosa | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula globispica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula grossa | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × grossii | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula guthriei | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula halophila | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × harcynica | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula harcynica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula heptopotamica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula honanensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × hornei | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula hornei | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula × humilis | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula humilis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × hybrida | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula insignis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × intermedia | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × jackii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula jackii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula jarmolenkoana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula jiaodongensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula jinpingensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula jiulungensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula karagandensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula kenaica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula kirghisorum | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula klokovii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × koehnei | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula korshinskyi | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula kotulae | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula kunarensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × kusmisscheffii | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × lagopina | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula lanata | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula latifolia | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula lenta | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 1 | |
Betula litwinowii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula luminifera | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula margusarica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula maximowicziana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula media | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula medwedieaii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula medwediewii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula megalocarpa | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula megrelica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula michauxii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula microphylla | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula minor | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula murgabica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × murrayana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula nakaiana | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula nana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 3 | |
Betula neoalaskana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula nigra | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula obscura | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula occidentalis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ovalifolia | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ovczinnikovii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula oxytzowiensis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula × pallescens | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula palmiformis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula pamirica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula papyrifera | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 1 | |
Betula paramushirensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula pendula | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 2 | |
Betula × piperi | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula platyphylla | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 3 | |
Betula platyptera | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula plettkei | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula populifolia | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula potamophila | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula potaninii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula procurva | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 2 | |
Betula psammophila | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × pseudocarpatica | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × pseudomiddendorffii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula pubentissima | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula pubescens | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 3 | |
Betula pulchella | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula pumila | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × purpusii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula purpusii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula pyrolifolia | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula raddeana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × raymundii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula regeliana | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula resinifera | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula rhombifolia | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula rockii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula rosae | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × rosendahlii | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula rossica | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula rubra | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula ruprechtiana | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula rustica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula saksarensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × sandbergii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula sandbergii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula saposhnikovii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × sargentii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula saviczii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula schmidtii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × seideliana | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula seravschanica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula setarioides | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula silvatica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula silvestris | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula songarica | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula subaequalis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula subalpina | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula × subtricholepidea | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × sukaczevii | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula × sukatschewii | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula sunanensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula szechuanica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula tadzhikistanica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula tianschanica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula tilliifolia | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula transsilvanica | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula triphylla | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula turkestanica | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula tuturinii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × uliginosa | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × utahensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × utahensis | Unresolved | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Betula utilis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | 2 | |
Betula × vologdensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula vulcani | Unresolved | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × winteri | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula wuyiensis | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula × zimpelii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 | ||
Betula zinserlingii | Accepted | WCSP | 2012-03-23 |
The Plant List includes 468 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Betula. Of these 119 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 486 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Betula. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.
The status of the 468 species names for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 119 | 25.4% |
◕ | Synonym | 275 | 58.8% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 74 | 15.8% |
The status of the 954 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 136 | 14.3% |
◕ | Synonym | 742 | 77.8% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 76 | 8.0% |
Of the species names,
The confidence with which the status of the 468 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Betula, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 116 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 81.0% | |
Medium confidence | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.8% | |
Low confidence | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 76 | 16.2% |
The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Betula is as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 3 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 10.3% |
WCSP | 116 | 263 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 419 | 89.5% |
WCSP (in review) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |