Betula microphyllaBunge

WFO wfo-0000334543 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Betula microphylla, photographed by Dmitry Lyskov
fig. a Dmitry Lyskov, CC0 1.0 / 2019-07-22 / obs. 106316888
Betula microphylla, photographed by Rose Zappa
fig. b Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47269221
Betula microphylla, photographed by Rose Zappa
fig. c Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47269211
Betula microphylla, photographed by Rose Zappa
fig. d Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47269236

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Betula microphylla is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang AltayBuryatiyaKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaTuvaUzbekistanXinjiang
Native distribution of Betula microphylla, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Betula baranovii Sukaczev
  • Betula czatkalensis V.N.Vassil.
  • Betula derbetica P.A.Baranov
  • Betula derbetica var. amnicola P.A.Baranov
  • Betula fedtschenkoana V.N.Vassil.
  • Betula fruticosa var. cuneifolia Regel
  • Betula gordiagini P.A.Baranov
  • Betula halophila Ching ex P.C.Li
  • Betula kelleriana Sukaczev
  • Betula microphylla var. baischanti P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. caraganicola P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. elongala P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. laciniata P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. lobatula P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. monticola P.A.Baranov
  • Betula microphylla var. rezniczenkoana Litv.
  • Betula microphylla var. tumantica Chang Y.Yang & J.Wang
  • Betula pavlovii P.A.Baranov
  • Betula pavlovii var. sagliana P.A.Baranov
  • Betula rezniczenkoana (Litv.) Schischk.
  • Betula rezniczenkoana var. gracillima P.A.Baranov
  • Betula rezniczenkoana var. litwinovii P.A.Baranov
  • Betula rezniczenkoana var. obiquesquamata P.A.Baranov
  • Betula rumnica P.A.Baranov

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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