alders
Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants (Alnus) belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few species extending into Central America, as well as the northern and southern Andes.
49 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common alder
speciesAlnus glutinosa
grey alder
speciesAlnus incana
Red Alder
speciesAlnus rubra
green alder
speciesAlnus alnobetula
smooth alder
speciesAlnus serrulata
white alder
speciesAlnus rhombifolia
Andean Alder
speciesAlnus acuminata
Italian alder
speciesAlnus cordata
Iberian Alder
speciesAlnus lusitanica
Manchurian Alder
speciesAlnus hirsuta
Formosan Alder
speciesAlnus formosana
Arizona alder
speciesAlnus oblongifolia
Nepal Alder
speciesAlnus nepalensis
Mexican alder
speciesAlnus jorullensis
Japanese Alder
speciesAlnus japonica
Montane alder
speciesAlnus maximowiczii
Seaside Alder
speciesAlnus maritima
Siebold Alder
speciesAlnus sieboldiana
Japanese Green Alder
speciesAlnus firma
Alnus rohlenae
speciesAlnus rohlenae
Oriental Alder
speciesAlnus orientalis
Alnus × spaethii
hybridAlnus × spaethii
Alnus cremastogyne
speciesAlnus cremastogyne
hybrid alder
hybridAlnus × pubescens
Alnus trabeculosa
speciesAlnus trabeculosa
Drooping Alder
speciesAlnus pendula
Alnus subcordata
speciesAlnus subcordata
Alnus mandschurica
speciesAlnus mandschurica
Alnus nitida
speciesAlnus nitida
Alnus matsumurae
speciesAlnus matsumurae
Alnus serrulatoides
speciesAlnus serrulatoides
Alnus × fallacina
hybridAlnus × fallacina
Alnus ferdinandi-coburgii
speciesAlnus ferdinandi-coburgii
Alnus fauriei
speciesAlnus fauriei
Alnus × elliptica
hybridAlnus × elliptica
Alnus glutipes
speciesAlnus glutipes
Alnus hakkodensis
speciesAlnus hakkodensis
Alnus lanata
speciesAlnus lanata
Alnus × hanedae
hybridAlnus × hanedae
Alnus × hosoii
hybridAlnus × hosoii
Alnus × mayrii
hybridAlnus × mayrii
Alnus × peculiaris
hybridAlnus × peculiaris
Alnus × suginoi
hybridAlnus × suginoi
Alnus mairei
speciesAlnus mairei
Alnus paniculata
speciesAlnus paniculata
Alnus vermicularis
speciesAlnus vermicularis
Alnus djavanshirii
speciesAlnus djavanshirii
Alnus dolichocarpa
speciesAlnus dolichocarpa
Alnus henryi
speciesAlnus henryi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1156
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.339
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.848
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.24
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.24
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.30
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.30
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.358
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53352.