Leaves obovate, obovate-elliptic, or obovate-lanceolate, base cuneate.
Alnus japonica
Alnus japonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Betuloideae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: A. subg. Alnus
Species: Alnus japonica

Name

Alnus japonica (Thunb.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 55. 1840.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Betula japonica Thunb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 45 1799.
  • Homotypic
    • Alnus maritima var. japonica (Thunb.) Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(2): 428 1865.
    • Alnus japonica var. genuina Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 228 1911.
  • Heterotypic
    • Alnus harinoki Siebold, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 25 1830.
    • Alnus japonica Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 230 1846.
    • Alnus japonica var. minor Miq., Prolus. Fl. Jap.: 69 1865.
    • Alnus maritima var. arguta Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(2): 428 1865.
    • Alnus japonica var. arguta (Regel) Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 229 1911.
    • Alnus japonica var. koreana Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 229 1911.
    • Alnus japonica var. latifolia Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 228 1911.
    • Alnus japonica var. reginosa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 46 1915.
    • Alnus reginosa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 46 1915.
    • Alnus × borealis var. koreana (Callier) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 44 1919.
    • Alnus japonica var. rufa Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 45 1919.
    • Alnus japonica var. rufinervis Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 2 1932.
    • Alnus japonica var. villosa L.Zhao & D.Chen, Fl. Liaoningica 1: 1361 1988.
    • Alnus japonica f. arguta (Regel) H.Ohba, Fl. Japan 2a: 30 2006.
    • Alnus japonica f. koreana (Callier) H.Ohba, Fl. Japan 2a: 30 2006.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Russian Far East
      • Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin
    • Regional: China
      • China North-Central (Hebei, Shandong), China Southeast (Anhui, Henan, Jiangsu), Manchuria (Jilin, Liaoning)
    • ' Regional:Eastern Asia'
      • Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (translated by F.G. Meyer & E.M. Walker). 1067 pp. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page. 
  • Li, P.C. & Skvortsov, A.K. 1999. Alnus. Pp. 301–304 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Yapon qızılağacı
Deutsch: Japanische Erle
English: Japanese Alder
日本語: ハンノキ
Nederlands: Japanse els
Türkçe: Japon kızılağacı
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