Ostrya rehderiana

Ostrya rehderiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Ostrya
Species: O. rehderiana
Binomial name
Ostrya rehderiana
Chun

Ostrya rehderiana (Zhejiang Hop-hornbeam, Chinese: 天目铁木; literally: "Tianmu iron tree") is a tree in the Betulaceae family. It can grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall.[2] It is endemic to Zhejiang province in China. The wild population apparently consists of only five trees on Tianmu Mountain, and the species is under first-class national protection in China.[3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ostrya rehderiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. eFloras. "Ostrya rehderiana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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