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Carpinus

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Also known as hornbeam, hornbeam genus

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Carpinus is a genus of trees within the family Betulaceae, belonging to the order Fagales and class Magnoliopsida. The scientific name is Carpinus L., and the taxonomic type is Carpinus betulus. Common names for the genus include hornbeam, Vələs, Габър, and habr. The fruit type is a nucule.

The genus has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Records indicate occurrences in the United States, Mexico, China, and Japan, with data held by institutions including UCMP, SDNHM, IEA-UAT, NY, and FCN-UAQ. The genus is noted as introduced in Norway.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

European Hornbeam

Carpinus

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyBetulaceae
Native toAlabama, Albania, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central
Observations39,311
Observations recorded799,519

种 详见内文 鹅耳枥或稱千金榆，是桦木科下属的一个属，约40种，多为小型落叶乔木，广泛分布于北温带各地，种类以在东亚发现的为最多，在欧洲仅有两个种，在北美洲仅有一个种。 种 以下為鹅耳枥屬的種：[1] Carpinus betulus L. Carpinus caroliniana Walter Carpinus chuniana Hu Carpinus cordata Blume Carpinus dayongiana K.W.Liu & Q.Z.Lin Carpinus eximia Nakai Carpinus faginea Lindl. Carpinus fangiana Hu[2] Carpinus hebestroma Yamam. Carpinus henryana (H.J.P.Winkl.) H.J.P.Winkl. Carpinus japonica Blume Carpinus kawakamii Hayata Carpinus kweichowensis Hu Carpinus laxiflora (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume Carpinus lipoensis Y.K.Li Carpinus londoniana H.J.P.Winkl. Carpinus luochengensis J.Y.Liang Carpinus mengshanensis S.B.Liang & F.Z.Zhao Carpinus microphylla Z.C.Chen ex Y.S.Wang & J.P.Huang Carpinus mollicoma Hu Carpinus monbeigiana Hand.-Mazz. - Carpinus omeiensis Hu & W.P.Fang Carpinus orientalis Mill. Carpinus paohsingensis W.Y.Hsia Carpinus polyneura Franch. Carpinus pubescens Burkill Carpinus purpurinervis Hu Carpinus putoensis W.C.Cheng Carpinus rankanensis Hayata Carpinus rupestris A.Camus Carpinus shensiensis Hu Carpinus shimenensis C.J.Qi †Carpinus tengshongensis W.C.Cheng[3] Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell Carpinus tsaiana Hu Carpinus tschonoskii Maxim. Carpinus

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
624
With media
352
Family
Betulaceae
Collections
UCMP, SDNHM, IEA-UAT, NY, FCN-UAQ, IGL-UNAM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, China, Japan
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Common names
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Uses
  • References
  • External links

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

== Common names == The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch boom and German Baum).

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