Japanese hornbeam | |
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Carpinus japonica [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Betulaceae |
Genus: | Carpinus |
Species: | C. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Carpinus japonica Blume
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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]
Japanese hornbeam | |
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![]() | |
Carpinus japonica [1] | |
Scientific 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] | |
|
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]