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Common name

English: Common Hornbeam

German: Hainbuche

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fagales (32)

        Family: Betulaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Carpinus (1)

            Epithet: betulus L. (1)

Synonyms: Carpinus betulus C.K.Schneid., Carpinus carpinizza Host, Carpinus caucasica Grossh., Carpinus causasica Grossh, Carpinus compressus Gilib., Carpinus incisa (Aiton) Borkh., Carpinus intermedia Wierzb., Carpinus nervata Dulac, Carpinus pendula Massé, Carpinus quercifolia Desf., Carpinus sepium Lam., Carpinus ulmifolia Salisb., Carpinus ulmoides Gray, Carpinus vulgaris Mill.

betulus => birch-like

caucasica => from the Caucasus, Caucasian

compressus => flattened, pressed together

incisa => cut into; sharply and deeply cut

intermedia => intermediate, in between, a hybrid

pendula => hanging down as through weakness of the stem

sepium => from saepes: 'hedge, fence'

ulmifolia => elm-leaved

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: tree, arborescent

External links

Check for Carpinus betulus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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