Taxon: Alnus acuminata Kunth subsp. acuminata

 
Genus: Alnus
Family: Betulaceae
Subfamily: Betuloideae
Nomen number: 401957
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Typification:
Name Verified on: 19-abr-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 17-jun-2008
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

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Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control (fide Firewood Cr)
  • Fuels: fuelwood (fide Trees Peru)
  • Materials: tannin/dyestuff (fide Names Soukup)
  • Materials: wood (fide Names Soukup)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela (w.)
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (w.), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman]


References:

  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
  2. Encarnación, F. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú. 1983 (Trees Peru)
  3. Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae) (Rhodora) 81:100-107.
  4. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. 1998 (L Fagales)
  5. National Academy of Sciences Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980 (Firewood Cr)
  6. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup) 16.

Check other web resources for Alnus acuminata Kunth subsp. acuminata :

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401957. Accessed 7 junio 2026.