Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 1: . [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Zinn, J.G. (1757), Catalogus Plantarum Horti....Gottingae: 8 [secondary reference]

• Type: Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner

Winckler, H. in Engler, H.G.A. (1904), Das Pflanzenreich: 101-134 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 645 [secondary reference]

common name: Alder [n/a]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 227, 228 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Betulaceae. Flora of Australia 3: 96 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Betulaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 155-156 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 30 [secondary reference]

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