IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77319978-1

Publication

Frontiers in Plant Science

Collation

14-1113274: 9

Date of Publication

23 May 2023

Family as entered in IPNI

Betulaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

Nian Wang DEDL001

Locality

Mian County, c. 1600–2000 m

Collection Date

6 May 2021

Type Herbaria

holotype IBSC IBSC0895006
isotype K
isotype PE
isotype HIB HIB0216644
isotype IBSC IBSC0895007
isotype HITBC HITBC0083551
isotype KUN KUN1571214

Latitude

33° 24' N

Longitude

106° 36' E

Distribution Of Types

Shaanxi (China North-Central, China, Asia-Temperate)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1113274 Etymology: the specific epithet is named after Hugh A. McAllister, a botanist from the Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, for his devotion to research on the genus Betula. The Chinese name of B. mcallisteri is 陕南桦 (shăn nán huà; literally: Shannan birch).