Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
betulla papirifera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouleau blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouleau à papier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canoe birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paper birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
pappersbjörk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Betula alba var. communis Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 401 (1865), nom. illeg.
Betula alba var. commutata Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 401 (1865).
Betula alba var. elobata Fernald Rhodora 15: 169 (1913).
Betula alba subsp. excelsa (Aiton) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 405 (1865).
Betula alba subsp. latifolia (Tausch) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 399 (1865).
Betula alba lusus latifolia (Tausch) Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 79 (1861).
Betula alba subsp. papyrifera (Marshall) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 401 (1865).
Betula alba var. papyrifera (Marshall) Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 188 (1841).
Betula davurica var. americana Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 175 (1868).
Betula excelsa Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 337 (1789).
Betula grandis Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1833: 2 (1833).
Betula kamtschatica var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) C.-A.Jansson Acta Horti Gothob. 25: 137 (1962).
Betula kenaica W.H.Evans Bot. Gaz. 27: 481 (1899).
Betula latifolia Tausch Flora 21: 751 (1838).
Betula lenta var. papyrifera (Marshall) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 207 (1790).
Betula lyalliana (Koehne ex Schelle) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 258 (1914).
Betula montanensis Rydb. ex B.T.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 438 (1909).
Betula neoalaskana var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 230 (1967).
Betula papyracea Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 337 (1789).
Betula papyracea var. communis Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 55 (1903).
Betula papyracea var. grandis (Schrad.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 55 (1903).
Betula papyracea var. lyalliana Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 55 (1903).
Betula papyrifera var. andrewsii Daniels Fl. Boulder Colorado: 101 (1911).
Betula papyrifera var. communis Regel ex Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 115 (1904).
Betula papyrifera subsp. commutata (Regel) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 18 (1982).
Betula papyrifera var. commutata (Regel) Fernald Rhodora 47: 312 (1945).
Betula papyrifera f. coriacea Fernald & Wiegand Rhodora 25: 209 (1923).
Betula papyrifera f. elobata (Fernald) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967).
Betula papyrifera var. elobata (Fernald) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 63 (1919).
Betula papyrifera subsp. kenaica (W.H.Evans) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 18 (1982).
Betula papyrifera var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 4: 984 (1909).
Betula papyrifera f. longipes Fernald Rhodora 47: 319 (1945).
Betula papyrifera var. lyalliana Koehne ex Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 55 (1903).
Betula papyrifera var. macrostachya Fernald Rhodora 47: 318 (1945).
Betula papyrifera var. montanensis (Rydb. ex B.T.Butler) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 64 (1919).
Betula papyrifera f. nana B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967).
Betula papyrifera var. pensilis Fernald Rhodora 47: 318 (1945).
Betula papyrifera var. recessa Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 89: 115 (1962).
Betula papyrifera subsp. subcordata (Rydb. ex B.T.Butler) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 18 (1982).
Betula papyrifera var. subcordata (Rydb. ex B.T.Butler) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 63 (1919).
Betula pirifolia K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 646 (1873).
Betula subcordata Rydb. ex B.T.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 436 (1909).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula papyrifera	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Betula papyrifera Marsh.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Betula papyrifera Marshall	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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