Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alder	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alnus serrulata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
brook-side alder	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
common alder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hazel alder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
red alder	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
smooth alder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tag alder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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

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

Alnus americana K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 636 (1872), not validly publ.
Alnus autumnalis Hartig ex Garcke Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland 4: 305 (1858).
Alnus glutinosa var. autumnalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891).
Alnus glutinosa proles oblongata (Aiton) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 260 (1910).
Alnus glutinosa var. oblongata (Aiton) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 550 (1807).
Alnus glutinosa lusus obtusifolia Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 165 (1861).
Alnus glutinosa var. serrulata (Aiton) Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 164 (1861).
Alnus incana var. serrulata (Aiton) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 651 (1967).
Alnus latifolia Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 352 (1829).
Alnus macrophylla Desf. ex Gorrie Miller's Dict. Gard.: 157 (1834).
Alnus noveboracensis Britton Torreya: 124 (1904).
Alnus oblongata (Aiton) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 335 (1805).
Alnus oblongata var. elliptica Gorrie Miller's Dict. Gard.: 157 (1834).
Alnus rubra Desf. ex Gorrie Miller's Dict. Gard.: 157 (1834), nom. illeg.
Alnus rugosa var. obtusifolia (Regel) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 120 (1904).
Alnus rugosa var. serrulata (Aiton) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 120 (1904).
Alnus serrulata f. emarginata Fernald Rhodora 47: 359 (1945).
Alnus serrulata var. macrophylla Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 206 (1841).
Alnus serrulata f. mollescens Fernald Rhodora 47: 359 (1945).
Alnus serrulata f. nanella Fernald Rhodora 47: 360 (1945).
Alnus serrulata f. noveboracensis (Britton) Fernald Rhodora 47: 358 (1945).
Alnus serrulata var. obtusifolia (Regel) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 433 (1865).
Alnus serrulata var. subelliptica Fernald Rhodora 47: 385 (1945).
Alnus serrulata var. vulgaris Fernald Rhodora 47: 358 (1945), not validly publ.
Betula alnus var. serrulata (Aiton) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 181 (1803).
Betula oblongata Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 338 (1789).
Betula serrulata Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 338 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willdenow	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alnus serrulata (Alt.) Willd.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Alnus serrulata Willd.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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