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Betula humilis

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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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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Synonyms Top

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)
Betula oycowiensis Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. (H.G.L. Reichenbach) 12: t. 622, fig. 1281 (1850)
Betula palustris Rupr. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 376 (1857)
Betula humilis var. vulgaris Perfil. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 639 (1936)
Betula humilis f. ovata Perfil. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 641 (1935)
Betula humilis f. elliptica Perfil. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 641 (1935)
Betula humilis f. ovata Perfil. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 643 (1935)
Betula humilis f. elliptica Perfil. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 20: 643 (1935)

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

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Khabarovsk
    • Siberia
      • Buryatiya
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
  • Europe
    • 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

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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

Phytochemical Profile Top

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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 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
(3R,5R,8R,9R,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S,5R)-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 12300107 Click to see 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 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 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 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.5586/ASBP.1976.034

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