Carpinus
Also known as hornbeam, hornbeam genus
Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Hornbeams are hardwood trees belonging to the genus Carpinus, which are found across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These trees are valued for their hard wood and are part of the birch family (Betulaceae).
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Species
European Hornbeam
Carpinus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyBetulaceae
Native toAlabama, Albania, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central
Observations39,311
种 详见内文 鹅耳枥或稱千金榆，是桦木科下属的一个属，约40种，多为小型落叶乔木，广泛分布于北温带各地，种类以在东亚发现的为最多，在欧洲仅有两个种，在北美洲仅有一个种。 种 以下為鹅耳枥屬的種：[1] Carpinus betulus L. Carpinus caroliniana Walter Carpinus chuniana Hu Carpinus cordata Blume Carpinus dayongiana K.W.Liu & Q.Z.Lin Carpinus eximia Nakai Carpinus faginea Lindl. Carpinus fangiana Hu[2] Carpinus hebestroma Yamam. Carpinus henryana (H.J.P.Winkl.) H.J.P.Winkl. Carpinus japonica Blume Carpinus kawakamii Hayata Carpinus kweichowensis Hu Carpinus laxiflora (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume Carpinus lipoensis Y.K.Li Carpinus londoniana H.J.P.Winkl. Carpinus luochengensis J.Y.Liang Carpinus mengshanensis S.B.Liang & F.Z.Zhao Carpinus microphylla Z.C.Chen ex Y.S.Wang & J.P.Huang Carpinus mollicoma Hu Carpinus monbeigiana Hand.-Mazz. - Carpinus omeiensis Hu & W.P.Fang Carpinus orientalis Mill. Carpinus paohsingensis W.Y.Hsia Carpinus polyneura Franch. Carpinus pubescens Burkill Carpinus purpurinervis Hu Carpinus putoensis W.C.Cheng Carpinus rankanensis Hayata Carpinus rupestris A.Camus Carpinus shensiensis Hu Carpinus shimenensis C.J.Qi †Carpinus tengshongensis W.C.Cheng[3] Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell Carpinus tsaiana Hu Carpinus tschonoskii Maxim. Carpinus
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Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
== Common names == The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch boom and German Baum).