Alnus rhombifolia information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.

Genus: Alnus
Family: Betulaceae subfamily: Betuloideae.
Nomen number: 316543
Place of publication: N. Amer. Sylv. 1:33. 1842
Name verified on: 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

California alder (Source: F NAmer ) – English
mountain alder (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
white alder (Source: F NAmer ) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [w.], Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington [s.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Alnus rhombifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Alnus rhombifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Alnus rhombifolia.

Check other web resources for Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

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Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316543 (25 May 2013)

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