EPPO Global Database

Betula platyphylla var. japonica(BETPJ)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BETPJ
  • Preferred name: Betula platyphylla var. japonica
  • Authority: (Miquel) Hara

Notes

Japan (Hokkaido and northern Honshu). Cultivated as an ornamental. Some authors do not distinguish botanical varieties within B. platyphylla (q.v.)


Common names
Name Language
Japanese white birch English
japanische Weißbirke German
bouleau blanc du Japon French
betulla giapponese a foglie larghe Italian
shira-kamba Japanese
シラカンバ Japanese