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Details for: Ames 7477,
Betula pendula
Roth, 6839
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Taxonomy:
Betula pendula
Roth
Top Name:
6839
Origin:
Collected – Bitlis, Turkey
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
24 Oct 1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
100 count
Ames 7477 86ncao51 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pendula
Roth
Top Name:
6839
Origin:
Collected – Bitlis, Turkey
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
24 Oct 1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
05 August 1985.
Bitlis, Turkey
Locality:
Nemrut Dag, northeast corner of lake.
Coordinates:
38.6333, 42.2500
(Map it)
Elevation:
2230m.
Environment description:
Steep rocky basalt slopes along lake. Open coppiced Populus area. 2210-2250 m.
Collector(s):
Eser, D., Ankara University
Gecit, H.H., Ankara University
Sperling, Calvin R., USDA, ARS
Donated
24 October 1986.
Maryland, United States
Comment:
A USDA sponsored collection in cooperation with Oregon State University and IBPGR.
Donor(s):
Sperling, Calvin R., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
6839
Type: Donor identifier
Sperling, Calvin R. USDA, ARS
TU-85-070-03
Type: Collector identifier
Sperling, Calvin R. USDA, ARS
Ames 7477
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
CRS 0585
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Small tree to 2 meters. Bark white.
Betula pendula
Roth
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Betula
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:
7127
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. Germ. 1:405. 1788
Verified:
09/15/2015
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
mandshurica
(Regel) Ashburner & McAll.
(12 active accession[s])
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
pendula
(0 active accession[s])
Betula pendula
Roth subsp.
szechuanica
(C. K. Schneid.) Ashburner & McAll.
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula pendula
Roth f.
purpurea
(André) C. K. Schneid.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
European white birch
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
silver birch
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
weeping birch
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Chinese
chui zhi hua
垂枝桦
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
French
bouleau pleureur
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Italian
betulla
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedish
vårtbjörk
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
24 Oct 1986, from
Betula
spp. to
Betula pendula
Roth
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Herbarium specimen
Sperling, Calvin R., USDA, ARS
. 05 Aug 1985. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: 6839. Inventory sample: Ames 7477.
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WOODY-LANDSCAPE.SCANNED.SEED
Ames 7477 86ncao01 SD
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