Biology:Alnus lusitanica

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of plant

Alnus lusitanica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Alnus
Species:
A. lusitanica
Binomial name
Alnus lusitanica
Vít, Douda & Mandák

Alnus lusitanica, dubbed the Iberian alder, is a species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae, native to Portugal and Spain.[2]

A tree of riparian and other wet habitats, it is a tetraploid related to the diploid common alder (Alnus glutinosa).[3]

References

  1. Vít, P. (2020). "Alnus lusitanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T159480422A159480493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T159480422A159480493.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/159480422/159480493. Retrieved 25 January 2024. 
  2. "Alnus lusitanica Vít, Douda & Mandák" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77164770-1. 
  3. Vít, Petr; Douda, Jan; Krak, Karol; Havrdová, Alena; Mandák, Bohumil (2017). "Two new polyploid species closely related to Alnus glutinosa in Europe and North Africa – an analysis based on morphometry, karyology, flow cytometry and microsatellites". Taxon 66 (3): 567–583. doi:10.12705/663.4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q42680890 entry