Carpinus japonica, the Japanese hornbeam, is a hornbeam endemic to Japan but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[2]
| 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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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 edit
- ^ Cirrus Digital Japanese Hornbeam
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Carpinus japonica". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
- ^ Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- ^ Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von. 1851. Museum Botanicum 1: 308
- ^ "Carpinus japonica". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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