hornbeams
Carpinus
Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the flowering plant genus Carpinus in the birch family Betulaceae. The 30–40 species occur across much of the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Hornbeam
speciesCarpinus betulus
American hornbeam
speciesCarpinus caroliniana
Eastern Hornbeam
speciesCarpinus orientalis
Japanese hornbeam
speciesCarpinus japonica
Sawa hornbeam
speciesCarpinus cordata
Turczaninow's Hornbeam
speciesCarpinus turczaninovii
Carpinus kawakamii
speciesCarpinus kawakamii
loose-flower hornbeam
speciesCarpinus laxiflora
Carpinus tschonoskii
speciesCarpinus tschonoskii
Mexican Hornbeam
speciesCarpinus tropicalis
Carpinus viminea
speciesCarpinus viminea
Carpinus rankanensis
speciesCarpinus rankanensis
Putuo hornbeam
speciesCarpinus putoensis
Carpinus londoniana
speciesCarpinus londoniana
Monkeytail hornbeam
speciesCarpinus fangiana
chinese hornbeam
speciesCarpinus fargesiana
Carpinus henryana
speciesCarpinus henryana
Carpinus hebestroma
speciesCarpinus hebestroma
Carpinus insularis
speciesCarpinus insularis
Carpinus tientaiensis
speciesCarpinus tientaiensis
Carpinus monbeigiana
speciesCarpinus monbeigiana
Carpinus pubescens
speciesCarpinus pubescens
Carpinus shensiensis
speciesCarpinus shensiensis
Carpinus rupestris
speciesCarpinus rupestris
Carpinus polyneura
speciesCarpinus polyneura
Carpinus faginea
speciesCarpinus faginea
Carpinus lipoensis
speciesCarpinus lipoensis
Carpinus schuschaensis
speciesCarpinus schuschaensis
Carpinus purpurinervis
speciesCarpinus purpurinervis
Carpinus shimenensis
speciesCarpinus shimenensis
Carpinus dayongiana
speciesCarpinus dayongiana
Carpinus luochengensis
speciesCarpinus luochengensis
Carpinus mengshanensis
speciesCarpinus mengshanensis
Carpinus microphylla
speciesCarpinus microphylla
Carpinus omeiensis
speciesCarpinus omeiensis
Carpinus tibetana
speciesCarpinus tibetana
Carpinus chuniana
speciesCarpinus chuniana
Carpinus firmifolia
speciesCarpinus firmifolia
Carpinus kweichowensis
speciesCarpinus kweichowensis
Carpinus langaoensis
speciesCarpinus langaoensis
Carpinus mollicoma
speciesCarpinus mollicoma
Carpinus tsaiana
speciesCarpinus tsaiana
Carpinus paohsingensis
speciesCarpinus paohsingensis
Carpinus austrobalcanica
speciesCarpinus austrobalcanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1055
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.321
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.850
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.99
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.328
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54769.