| Betula szechuanica | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Betula |
| Subgenus: | Betula subg. Betula |
| Species: | B. szechuanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Betula szechuanica (C. K. Schneid.) C.-A. Jansson
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| Synonyms | |
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Betula szechuanica, the Sichuan birch or Szechuan birch, is a birch species native to Sichuan, China, conical in shape, growing to 20 meters in height, with white bark, yellow-green male catkins or green female catkins, and dark, blue-green leaves.
Synonyms
- Betula platyphylla var. szechuanica
- Betula mandshurica var. szechuanica
- Betula japonica var. szechuanica
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Betula platyphylla.
- GBIF entry
- Alison Hoblyn and Marie O'Hara, Green Flowers: Unexpected Beauty for the Garden, Container Or Vase, page 40, Timber Press, 2009. ISBN 9780881929195.