| Japanese hornbeam | |
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| Carpinus japonica | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Carpinus japonica Blume | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carpinus japonica, the Japanese hornbeam, is a hornbeam endemic to Japan but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.
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). 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.
This tree has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- Cirrus Digital Japanese Hornbeam
- ^ 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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