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Ostrya
Sign in to saveOstrya is a genus of eight to 10 small deciduous tree species belonging to the birch family, Betulaceae. Common names include hop-hornbeam, hophornbeam and sometimes ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants.
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Ostrya is a genus of trees within the family Betulaceae. It belongs to the order Fagales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is a subclass of trees and has a fruit type known as a nucule. Common names for this taxon include hophornbeam, hopbeuk, and 铁木属.
The genus is distributed across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It has been introduced to Germany. Records from various institutions, including UCMP, USNM, FCB-BUAP, FMNH, and SD, document its presence in the United States and Mexico. The genus contains seven species and is described in the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyBetulaceae
铁木属（学名：Ostrya）是樺木科下的一个属，为落叶小乔木植物。该属共有7种，分布于美洲、欧洲和亚洲。
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- Specimen records
- 398
- With media
- 156
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, USNM, FCB-BUAP, FMNH, SD, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Ostrya is a genus of eight to 10 small deciduous tree species belonging to the birch family, Betulaceae. Common names include hop-hornbeam, hophornbeam and sometimes ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants.
The genus is native in southern Europe, southwest and eastern Asia, and North and Central America. They have a conical or irregular crown and a scaly, rough bark. They have alternate and double-toothed birch-like leaves 3–10 cm long. The flowers are produced in spring, with male catkins 5–10 cm long and female aments 2–5 cm long. The fruit form in pendulous clusters 3–8 cm long with 6–20 seeds; each seed is a small nut 2–4 mm long, fully enclosed in a bladder-like involucre.
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