Alnus maritima
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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: | Alnus |
| Subgenus: | Alnus subg. Clethropsis
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| Species: | A. maritima
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| Alnus maritima | |
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| Natural range of Alnus maritima | |
Alnus maritima, the seaside alder or brook alder, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family
Alnus maritima is the only autumn-blooming member of the genus Clethropsis.[3]
Taxonomy
In 2002, the three populations were recognized as
phylogeographic studies indicates that the Oklahoma population (subsp. oklahomensis) is in fact the most ancestral and that the species probably had a wide, continuous distribution across the United States in the past.[3][4]
References
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- ^ Alnus maritima - Seaside alder
- ^ a b c Schrader, J.A. and W.R. Graves. 2002. Infraspecific systematics of Alnus maritima (Betulaceae) from three widely disjunct provenances. Castanea 67: 380–401.
- ^ Schrader, J.A. and W.R. Graves. 2004. Systematics of Alnus maritima (seaside alder) resolved by ISSR polymorphisms and morphological characters. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129: 231–236.
External links
Media related to Alnus maritima at Wikimedia Commons- "Alnus maritima". Plants for a Future.
