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
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