Carpinus japonica

Japanese Hornbeam
Carpinus japonica[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Carpinus
Species: C. japonica
Binomial name
Carpinus japonica
Blume
Synonyms[2]
  • Distegocarpus carpinus Siebold & Zucc.
  • Carpinus carpinus (Siebold & Zucc.) Sarg.
  • Carpinus distegocarpus Koidz.
  • Distegocarpus carpinoides Siebold & Zucc.
  • Carpinus carpinoides Makino

Carpinus japonica (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]

References

  1. ↑ Cirrus Digital Japanese Hornbeam
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Carpinus japonica".
  4. ↑ Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  5. ↑ Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von. 1851. Museum Botanicum 1: 308
  6. ↑ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4411


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