Betula humilis in Genus Betula

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Internal ID	UUID643ff0a03cc54968290146
Scientific name	Betula humilis
Authority	Schrank
First published in	Baier. Fl. 1: 420 (1789)

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It is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in). The bark is yellowish-brown and peels off in thin sheets. The flowers are yellow-green and appear in May and June. The fruit is a small nutlet that ripens in September and October.

Betula humilis, also known as the shrubby birch, is a species of birch tree native to Europe and Asia. It is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in). Its bark is yellowish-brown and peels off in thin sheets. The leaves are ovate and measure 1.2–3.5 centimetres (0.47–1.38 in) long. The flowers are yellow-green and appear in May and June, while the fruit is a small nutlet that ripens in September and October. It is related to Betula fruticosa.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Betula fruticans	Pall.	Reise Russ. Reich. 3: t. kk (1776)
Betula fruticosa subsp. extremiorientalis	(Kuzen. & V.N.Vassil.) Vorosch.	Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR : 162 (1985)
Betula humilis var. camtschatica	Regel	Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 107. 1861
Betula humilis var. commutata	Regel	Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 108. 1861
Betula humilis var. socolowii	Regel	Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 108. 1861
Betula kamtschatica	H.Buek	Gen. Sp. Syn. Candoll. 4: 52 (1874)
Betula myrsinoides	Tausch	Flora 11: 753 (1828)
Betula sibirica	Lodd. ex Regel	Prodr. 16(2): 173 (1868)
Betula socolowii	J.Jacq. ex Regel	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2.2): 173. 1868 [mid Jul 1868]
Chamaebetula humilis	Opiz	Lotos 5: 259 (1855)
Betula humilis var. oycowiensis	Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 673. 1881
Betula humilis var. cuneata	Perfil.	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 640. 1935
Betula humilis var. subcordata	Perfil.	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 641. 1935
Betula humilis f. crispa	Perfil.	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 642 1935
Betula humilis f. calcarata	Perfil.	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 642 1935
Betula humilis f. obovata	Perfil.	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 643 1935
Betula humilis var. genuina	Regel	Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 106 (1861)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	shrubby birch
Belarusian	бяроза нізкая
Czech	bříza nízká
German	niedrige birke
German	strauchbirke
German	strauch-birke
Estonian	madal kask
Upper Sorbian	niska brěza
Icelandic	dvergbjörk
Kazakh	Аласа қайың
Lithuanian	liekninis beržas
Lithuanian	lieknasis beržas
Latvian	zemais bērzs
Norwegian Bokmål	lavbjørk
Dutch	berk
Polish	brzoza niska
Russian	Берёза низкая
Russian	Берёза приземистая
Russian	Береза приземистая
tt	кәрлә каен
Ukrainian	Береза низька
Chinese	甸生樺
Chinese	甸生桦

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- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - Xinjiang
- Eastern Asia
  - Korea
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia
- Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk
- Siberia
  - Buryatiya
  - Irkutsk
  - Krasnoyarsk
  - West Siberia

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- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Southeastern Europe
  - Romania

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000333388
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295106-1
The Plant List	kew-21373
Plantarium	6533
PaleoBotany	51244
Open Tree Of Life	567478
Observations.org	128513
NCBI Taxonomy	216991
IUCN Red List	194645
IPNI	295106-1
iNaturalist	437379
GBIF	5331629
Freebase	/m/0zgb02d
EPPO	BETHU
EOL	1149423
Elurikkus	3095
USDA GRIN	7096
Wikipedia	Betula_humilis

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The Search for Suitable Habitats for Endangered Species at Their Historical Sites—Conditions for the Success of Salix lapponum and Salix myrtilloides Reintroduction

Arciszewski M, Pogorzelec M, Bronowicka-Mielniczuk U, Niedźwiecki M, Parzymies M, Serafin A

Int J Environ Res Public Health

09-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9859233
doi:	10.3390/ijerph20021133
PMID:	36673887

Microhabitat Conditions and Inter-Species Competition Predict the Successful Restoration of Declining Relict Species Populations

Kamocki AK, Kołos A, Pogorzelec M, Ożgo M

Int J Environ Res Public Health

29-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9819776
doi:	10.3390/ijerph20010608
PMID:	36612929

Synthesis and Anti-Hepatocarcinoma Effect of Amino Acid Derivatives of Pyxinol and Ocotillol

Zhang Y, Yu H, Fu S, Tan L, Liu J, Zhou B, Li L, Liu Y, Wang C, Li P, Liu J

Molecules

03-Feb-2021

PMCID:	PMC7913291
doi:	10.3390/molecules26040780
PMID:	33546225

In Search of Panacea—Review of Recent Studies Concerning Nature-Derived Anticancer Agents

Przystupski D, Niemczura MJ, Górska A, Supplitt S, Kotowski K, Wawryka P, Rozborska P, Woźniak K, Michel O, Kiełbik A, Bartosik W, Saczko J, Kulbacka J

Nutrients

25-Jun-2019

PMCID:	PMC6627480
doi:	10.3390/nu11061426
PMID:	31242602

Late Palaeolithic cave art and permafrost in the Southern Ural

Dublyansky Y, Moseley GE, Lyakhnitsky Y, Cheng H, Edwards LR, Scholz D, Koltai G, Spötl C

Sci Rep

13-Aug-2018

PMCID:	PMC6089975
doi:	10.1038/s41598-018-30049-w
PMID:	30104606

Quantitative daily changes of flavonol glycosides in the leaves of Betula humilis Schrk.

Lucyna Pawłowska

Polish Botanical Society

01-May-2015

doi:	10.5586/ASBP.1976.034

Medicinal plants of the genus Betula—Traditional uses and a phytochemical–pharmacological review

Rastogi S, Pandey MM, Kumar Singh Rawat A

J Ethnopharmacol

18-Nov-2014

PMCID:	PMC7126499
doi:	10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.010
PMID:	25449458

Artificial neural network model of the relationship between Betula pollen and meteorological factors in Szczecin (Poland)

Puc M

Int J Biometeorol

15-May-2011

PMCID:	PMC3278628
doi:	10.1007/s00484-011-0446-1
PMID:	21573820

Quantitative determination of triterpenoids of the dammarane series by the densitometry of thin-layer chromatograms

S. G. Polonik, N. D. Pokhilo, V. I. Baranov, N. I. Uvarova

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

21-Nov-2004

doi:	10.1007/BF00573545

Terpenoids and flavonoids from the leaves of Siberian species of the genus Betula

N. D. Pokhilo, V. A. Denisenko, V. V. Makhan'kov, N. I. Uvarova

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

20-Nov-2004

doi:	10.1007/BF00579792

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
(3R,5R,8R,9R,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2R,5S)-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-2-methyloxolan-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol	162975826	Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1O)C)CC(C4C3(CCC4C5(CCC(O5)C(C)(C)O)C)C)O)C)C	476.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
(3S,5R,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S,5R)-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-2-methyloxolan-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol	162975829	Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1O)C)CC(C4C3(CCC4C5(CCC(O5)C(C)(C)O)C)C)O)C)C	476.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(20S,24R)-Dammar-25-ene-3alpha,12beta,20,24-tetrol	12300107	Click to see CC(=C)C(CCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)O	476.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
(3R,8R,10R,14R)-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol	139292018	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)C	460.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00573545
17-(2,5-dihydroxy-6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl)-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol	4640808	Click to see CC(=C)C(CCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)O	476.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
Betulafolienetriol	3800204	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)C	460.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
Betulafolientriol	11048822	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)C	460.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
Folienetriol	3080633	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)O)C)O)C	460.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579792
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Hyperoside	5281643	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	464.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.5586/ASBP.1976.034
Rutin	5280805	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.5586/ASBP.1976.034

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Betula humilis

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