Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american dwarf birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bog birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouleau nain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dwarf birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
glandulose birch	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
low birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swamp birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Betula pumila var. glandulifera Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865).
Betula glandulifera (Regel) E.J.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 425 (1909).
Betula glandulosa var. glandulifera (Regel) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952).
Betula glandulosa var. hallii (Howell) C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 2: 77 (1964).
Betula grayi Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 406 (1865).
Betula hallii Howell Fl. N.W. Amer.: 614 (1902).
Betula nana var. glandulifera (Regel) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967).
Betula nana var. renifolia (Fernald) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967).
Betula neoborealis Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 84: 56 (1957).
Betula obovata E.J.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 427 (1909).
Betula pulchella Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 182 (1891), pro syn.
Betula pumila var. fastigiata Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 499 (1914).
Betula pumila var. glabra Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 112 (1861).
Betula pumila f. glabrescens (Regel) Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 173 (1868).
Betula pumila var. glabrescens Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865).
Betula pumila f. glandulifera (Regel) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 72 (1904).
Betula pumila subsp. glandulifera (Regel) Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 31: 121 (1982).
Betula pumila f. hallii (Howell) Brayshaw Occas. Pap. British Columbia Prov. Mus. 18: 151 (1976).
Betula pumila var. latipes H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 72 (1904).
Betula pumila f. latipes (H.J.P.Winkl.) Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 103: 220 (1976).
Betula pumila f. pubescens H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 72 (1904).
Betula pumila var. renifolia Fernald Rhodora 28: 190 (1926).
Betula pumila var. setarioides H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 72 (1904).
Betula pumila f. subcycla Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 103: 220 (1976).
Betula pumila var. typica Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865), not validly publ.
Betula quebeccensis Burgsd. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 196 (1784).
Chamaebetula pumila (L.) Opiz Lotos 5: 259 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula pumila L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Betula pumila var. glandulifera Regel	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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