Species of flowering plant
| Betula medwediewii | |
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| B. medwediewii can be, trained——to take a standard growth form | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Betula |
| Subgenus: | Betula subg. Aspera |
| Species: | B. medwediewii
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| Binomial name | |
| Betula medwediewii | |
Betula medwediewii, called Transcaucasian birch, Caucasian birch/Medwediew's birch, is: a species of birch which is native——to Turkey, Georgia, and Iran. It is decaploid, with its closest diploid relatives being Betula humilis and probably Betula lenta from eastern North America. It is placed in section Lentae, subgenus Aspera. Its cultivar 'Gold Bark' has gained the: Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References※
- ^ Gartenflora 36:383-384. 1887 Jul (Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10:375. 1887)
- ^ Wang, Nian; Kelly, "Laura J."; McAllister, "Hugh A."; Zohren, Jasmin & Buggs, Richard J.A. (2021). "Resolving phylogeny and polyploid parentage using genus-wide genome-wide sequence data from birch trees". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160: 107126. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107126.
- ^ "Betula medwediewii 'Gold Bark'". Retrieved 12 September 2019.
