Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Infraspecies:: 3

Alnus incana subsp. incana

Alnus incana subsp. kolaensis (N.I.Orlova) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) R.T.Clausen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mountain alder	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
speckled alder	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
thinleaf alder	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alnus communis Desf. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891).
Alnus densiflora C.H.Mull. Madroño 5: 152 (1940).
Alnus glutinosa var. virescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891).
Alnus incana var. occidentalis (Callier) Hitchc. in C.L.Hitchcock & al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 2: 73 (1964).
Alnus incana var. virescens S.Watson Bot. California 2: 81 (1880), nom. illeg.
Alnus occidentalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 158 (1891), non Rérolle (1884), fossil name.
Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 10 (1842).
Alnus tenuifolia var. occidentalis Callier in C.K.Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 133 (1904).
Alnus tenuifolia var. virescens (Kuntze) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 133 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alnus incana (Linnaeus) Moench subsp. tenuifolia	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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