Details for: PI 130480, Betula utilis D. Don, No. 14547


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula utilis D. Don
Top Name:
No. 14547
Origin:
Collected – Yunnan Sheng, China
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula utilis D. Don
Top Name:
No. 14547
Origin:
Collected – Yunnan Sheng, China
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
16 October 1937.
Yunnan Sheng, China
Locality: Muli, Wachin, Sigenn.
Elevation: 3340m.
Environment description: Forest.
Comment: Common frequency.
Collector(s):
Donated
29 September 1938.
Beijing Shi, China
Comment: Seeds received through the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 14547
Type: Collector identifier
Yu, T.T. Fan Memorial Institute of Biology

Narrative
40 to 60 feet high, with a red-brown trunk and branches with bark which peels off in papery flakes. It is native to subtropical regions of Himalayas. The oval, coarsely toothed, sharp-pointed leaves, 3 inches long are dark green above and paler beneath. In winter the orange-chocolate color of the twigs is very striking. Identified to be the same as PI 128933, 99654, 73149, and 56400 all donated from India. PI 56400 described as 60 feet high and creamy white bark.
Betula utilis D. Don
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Costatae
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7157
Place of publication:

Prodr. fl. nepal. 58. 1825
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Betula utilis D. Don subsp. albosinensis (Burkill) Ashburner & McAll. (5 active accession[s])
Betula utilis D. Don subsp. jacquemontii (Spach) Ashburner & McAll. (1 active accession[s])
Betula utilis D. Don subsp. occidentalis Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Betula utilis D. Don subsp. utilis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishHimalayan birch  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
EnglishHimalayan silver birch  1Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
EnglishIndian paper birch  1Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
Chinesecao pi hua糙皮桦 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
India (Hindi)bhojpatra  2Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
Swedisheverestbjörk  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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