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    Mountain birch

    I fear that is the problem. In fact, I have given you clear answers that address directly your original question - but they're not the answers you like, and for that reason you have ignored them throughout. But, as long as you now think you know how to tell which is the 'correct' scientific name...
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    Mountain birch

    ... which suggests you have now found the answer to your original question... ... and it's not clear to me that you have.
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    Mountain birch

    Plump for one. No big deal. You're mentioning the other(s) anyway.
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    Mountain birch

    No, that's not the point. The point is, as I've said, that there are no 'correct' views in taxonomy - merely views which, at a given time, may or may not be widely/generally accepted. Views change, and their acceptance changes. As I've said, in the absence of specialist knowledge of your own...
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    Mountain birch

    I'm still not clear that there's a problem here. Again... there is no definitive position on what 'accepted' is. If you, as (I think?) a non-specialist, have read around a given issue and been able to get on top of what the available names/synonyms/etc are, then so can anyone else - and the...
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    Mountain birch

    I'm not clear what your point or difficulty is. Views differ. There is no One Truth in taxonomy.
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    Mountain birch

    If your former statement is correct, the latter is presumably incorrect. Or vice versa.
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    Mountain birch

    The scientific name most widely accepted by those currently working in the field. I don't recognise the dichotomy you're describing.
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