Taxon:  Alnus nepalensis D. Don



Summary
Genus:
Alnus
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:
2471
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. nepal. 58.  1825
Verified:
12/08/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. Bernardi, L. 1963. Résultats des expéditions scientifiques genevoises au Népal en 1952 et 1954 (partie botanique): Monochlamydeae, Dialypetalae et Metachlamydeae. Candollea 18:255.
  3. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  5. Council 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).
  6. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
  9. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  10. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  11. Hara, H. 1966-1975. Flora of eastern Himalaya Note: v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  14. Murai, S. 1964. Phytotaxonomical and geobotanical studies on genusAlnus in Japan. III. Taxonomy of whole world species and distribution of each section. Bull. Gov. Forest Exp. Sta., Meguro 171:37.
  15. National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
  16. Sharma, E. et al. 1998. Ecology of Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis D. Don). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 64:59-78.
  17. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishHimalayan alder  1Sharma, E. et al. 1998. Ecology of Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis D. Don). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 64:59-78.
EnglishIndian alder  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).
EnglishNepal alder  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishNepalese alder  1Sharma, E. et al. 1998. Ecology of Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis D. Don). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 64:59-78.
Chineseni po er qi mu尼泊尔桤木 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Shengs.w.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam n.Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
2CultivatedAfrica Africa tropicalFaridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng (s.w.), Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand (n.), Vietnam (n.)
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (tropical)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica

Reference(s)
  1. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
  2. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalagroforestry Sharma, E. et al. 1998. Ecology of Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis D. Don). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 64:59-78.
Environmentalerosion control Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
Environmentalrevegetator Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
Environmentalshade/shelter Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
Fuelsfuelwood Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:68-71.
Materialswood Council 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).
MaterialswoodtimberBoutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2471. Accessed 15 April 2026.