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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.

Species in Betula

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Betula alajica Litv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula albosinensis Burkill	Accepted		WCSP
Betula alleghaniensis Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × alpestris Fr.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula apoiensis Nakai ex H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × aurata Borkh.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula austrosichotensis V.N.Vassil. & V.I.Baranov	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × avatshensis Kom.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula baschkirica Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Betula bomiensis P.C.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × bottnica Mela	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × caerulea Blanch.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula calcicola (W.W.Sm.) P.C.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Betula callosa Lindq.	Accepted		TRO
Betula ceratoptera G.H.Liu & Y.C.Ma	Accepted		WCSP
Betula chichibuensis H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP
Betula chinensis Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula chitralica Browicz	Accepted		WCSP
Betula coriaceifolia V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula corylifolia Regel & Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula costata Trautv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula cylindrostachya Lindl. ex Wall.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula dahurica Pall.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula delavayi Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula divaricata Ledeb.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula dolicholepis Ovcz., Czukav. & Shibkova	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × dugleana Lepage	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × dutillyi Lepage	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × eastwoodiae Sarg.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula ermanii Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula falcata V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula ferganensis V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula forrestii Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula fruticosa Pall.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula fujianensis J.Zeng, Jian H.Li & Z.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Betula glandulosa Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula globispica Shirai	Accepted		WCSP
Betula grossa Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula halophila Ching	Accepted		WCSP
Betula heptopotamica V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula honanensis S.Y.Wang & C.L.Chang	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × hornei E.J.Butler	Accepted		WCSP
Betula humilis Schrank	Accepted		WCSP
Betula insignis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × jackii C.K.Schneid.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula jarmolenkoana Golosk.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula jiaodongensis S.B.Liang	Accepted		WCSP
Betula jinpingensis P.C. Li	Accepted		TRO
Betula jiulungensis P.C.Li ex Q.Lin	Accepted		WCSP
Betula karagandensis V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula kenaica W.H.Evans	Accepted		WCSP
Betula kirghisorum Sawicz	Accepted		WCSP
Betula klokovii Zaver.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula korshinskyi Litv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula kotulae Zaver.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula kunarensis Browicz	Accepted		WCSP
Betula lanata (Regel) V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula lenta L.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula litwinowii Doluch.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula luminifera H.J.P.Winkl.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula margusarica V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula maximowicziana Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Betula medwediewii Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Betula megrelica Sosn.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula michauxii Spach	Accepted		WCSP
Betula microphylla Bunge	Accepted		WCSP
Betula minor (Tuck.) Fernald	Accepted		WCSP
Betula murgabica V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × murrayana B.V.Barnes & Dancik	Accepted		WCSP
Betula nana L.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula neoalaskana Sarg.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula nigra L.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula obscura Kotula	Accepted		TRO
Betula occidentalis Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula ovalifolia Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula ovczinnikovii V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula oycoviensis Besser	Accepted		TRO
Betula pamirica Litv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula papyrifera Marshall	Accepted		WCSP
Betula paramushirensis Barkalov	Accepted		WCSP
Betula pendula Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Betula platyphylla Sukaczev	Accepted		WCSP
Betula populifolia Marshall	Accepted		WCSP
Betula potamophila V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula potaninii Batalin	Accepted		WCSP
Betula procurva Litv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula psammophila V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula pubescens Ehrh.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula pumila L.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × purpusii C.K.Schneid.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula pyrolifolia V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula raddeana Trautv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × raymundii Lepage	Accepted		WCSP
Betula regeliana V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula rockii (Rehder) C.-A.Jansson	Accepted		WCSP
Betula saksarensis Polozhij & A.T.Malzeva	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × sandbergii Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Betula saposhnikovii Sukaczev	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × sargentii Dugle	Accepted		WCSP
Betula saviczii V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula schmidtii Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Betula seravschanica V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula sunanensis Y.J.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP
Betula szechuanica (C.K.Schneid.) C.-A.Jansson	Accepted		WCSP
Betula tadzhikistanica V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula tianschanica Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula turkestanica Litv.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula tuturinii V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × uliginosa Dugle	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × utahensis Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Betula utilis D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × vologdensis Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × winteri Dugle	Accepted		WCSP
Betula wuyiensis J.B.Xiao	Accepted		WCSP
Betula × zimpelii Junge	Accepted		WCSP
Betula zinserlingii V.N.Vassil.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 466 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Betula. Of these 117 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 476 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.

Species names

The status of the 466 species names for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	117	25.1%
◕	Synonym	279	59.9%
◕	Unplaced	33	7.1%
◕	Unassessed	37	7.9%

All names

The status of the 942 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Betula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	142	15.1%
◕	Synonym	728	77.3%
◕	Unplaced	33	3.5%
◕	Unassessed	39	4.1%

Of these names,

• 19 are recorded as invalid
• 26 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 466 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Betula, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	113	267	0	0	380	81.5%
	Medium confidence	4	11	0	0	15	3.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	33	37	71	15.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Betula, are as follows: