Plant Details

Accepted name:: Betula alleghaniensis Britton [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
yellow birch	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Betula lutea F.Michx. Hist. Arbr. Forest. 2: 152 (1811), nom. illeg.
Betula alleghaniensis var. fallax (Fassett) Brayshaw Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).
Betula alleghaniensis var. macrolepis (Fernald) Brayshaw Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).
Betula alleghaniensis f. macrolepis (Fernald) Brayshaw Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).
Betula excelsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 621 (1813), nom. illeg.
Betula lenta var. lutea Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 179 (1868).
Betula lutea var. alleghaniensis (Britton) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 96 (1949).
Betula lutea f. fallax Fassett Rhodora 34: 95 (1932).
Betula lutea var. genuina Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 126 (1861), not validly publ.
Betula lutea var. macrolepis Fernald Rhodora 27: 170 (1922).
Betula lutea f. macrolepis (Fernald) Fernald Rhodora 34: 95 (1932).
Betula lutea var. persicifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 185 (1891).
Betula persicifolia K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 641 (1873), pro syn.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula alleghaniensis Britt.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Betula alleghaniensis Britt. var. alleghaniensis	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Betula alleghaniensis Britton	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Betula lutea Michaux	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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