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Carpinus japonica

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Japanese hornbeam
Carpinus japonica[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Carpinus
Species:
C. japonica
Binomial name
Carpinus japonica
Blume
Synonyms[2]
  • Distegocarpus carpinus Siebold & Zucc.
  • Carpinus carpinus (Siebold & Zucc.) Sarg.
  • Carpinus distegocarpus Koidz.
  • Distegocarpus carpinoides Siebold & Zucc.
  • Carpinus carpinoides Makino

Carpinus japonica, the Japanese hornbeam, is a hornbeam endemic to Japan but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[2]

It is a deciduous tree growing to 12–15 metres (39–49 ft) tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).[3] The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped. The prominent catkins are green turning to brown.[4][5]

This tree has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Cirrus Digital Japanese Hornbeam
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "Carpinus japonica". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
  4. ^ Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  5. ^ Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von. 1851. Museum Botanicum 1: 308
  6. ^ "Carpinus japonica". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.