Carpinus japonica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Carpinus
- Species
- Carpinus japonica
- Scientific Name
- Carpinus japonica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Carpinus japonica
Carpinus japonica, the Japanese hornbeam, is a hornbeam endemic to Japan but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.
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). 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.
This tree has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
...Carpinus japonica in languages:
- Czech
- habr japonský
- English
- Japanese hornbeam
- Estonian
- jaapani valgepöök
- Japanese
- 熊四手
- Japanese
- クマシデ
- Russian
- Граб японский
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Carpinus betulus
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- Carpinus chuniana
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- Carpinus fargesiana
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- Carpinus hebestroma
- Carpinus henryana
- Carpinus insularis
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- Carpinus kawakamii
- Carpinus kweichowensis
- Carpinus langaoensis
- Carpinus laxiflora
- Carpinus lipoensis
- Carpinus londoniana
- Carpinus luochengensis
- Carpinus mengshanensis
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- Carpinus mollicoma
- Carpinus monbeigiana
- Carpinus omeiensis
- Carpinus orientalis
- Carpinus paohsingensis
- Carpinus polyneura
- Carpinus pubescens
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- Carpinus putoensis
- Carpinus rankanensis
- Carpinus rupestris
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- Carpinus shimenensis
- Carpinus tibetana
- Carpinus tientaiensis
- Carpinus tropicalis
- Carpinus tsaiana
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