Alnus lusitanica
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| Alnus lusitanica | |
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| The Iberian alder native to Portugal and Spain | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Alnus |
| Species: | A. lusitanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Alnus lusitanica | |
Alnus lusitanica, dubbed the Iberian alder, is a species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae, native to Portugal and Spain.[2]
A tree of riparian and other wet habitats, it is a tetraploid related to the diploid common alder (Alnus glutinosa).[3]
