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Betula halophila Ching (1979:88)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Qin et al., 2017; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022) or Rediscovered [by implication] (Huang et al., 2020) or Invalid (synonym of B. microphylla) (POWO, 2023)

 

Distribution

China

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]

Ashburner, K. and McAllister, H. A. (2013). The genus Betula: a taxonomic revision of birches: 1-431. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Huang, Jihong et al. (2020). Floristic composition and plant diversity in distribution areas of native species congeneric with Betula halophila in Xinjiang, northwest China. Nature Conservation 42: 1-17.

Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]

POWO. (2023). . Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 30 December 2023]

Qin, Haining, Zhao, Lina, Yu, Shengxiang, Liu H, Liu B, Xia N, Peng H, Li Z, Zhang Z, He X, Yin L, Lin Y, Liu Q, Hou Y, Liu Y, Liu Q, Cao W, Li J, Chen S, Jin X, Gao T, Chen W, Ma H, Geng Y, Jin X, Chang C, Jiang H, Cai L, Zang C, Wu J, Ye J, Lai Y, Liu B, Lin Q and Xue N. (2017). Evaluating the endangerment status of China’s angiosperms through the red list assessment. Biodiversity Science 25(7): 745-757. https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2017156

Shaw, K., Roy, S. and Wilson, B. (2014). Betula microphylla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T194582A2350793. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194582A2350793.en. Accessed on 30 December 2023.

Shaw, Kirsty, Stritch, Larry, Rivers, Malin, Roy, Shyamali, Wilson, Becky and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2014b). The Red List of Betulaceae. Richmond, UK: BGCI.

Wade, Ellie Merrett et al. (2016). Plant species with extremely small populations (PSESP) in China: A seed and spore biology perspective. Plant Diversity 38(5): 209-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2016.09.002

Zhang, Y. B. and Ma, K. P. (2008). Geographic distribution patterns and status assessment of threatened plants in China. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 1783-1798. 

 

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