Carpinus putoensis W.C.Cheng

Puto hornbeam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Carpinus

Characteristics

Trees to 15 m tall; bark brown-gray. Branchlets brown, sparsely villous. Petiole 5-10 mm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade elliptic or broadly elliptic, 5-10 × 3.5-5 cm, abaxially sparsely pubescent especially along midvein and lateral veins, bearded in axils of lateral veins, adaxially sparsely villous when young, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly and doubly setiform serrate, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 11-14 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence 3-8 × 4-5 cm; peduncle 1.5-3 cm, sparsely villous or glabrescent; bracts semiovate, 2.8-3 cm × ca. 8 mm, middle lobe semiovate, outer margin irregularly remotely serrate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire or subundulate, with ovate, inflexed basal lobe, apex rounded or obtuse; veins 3-5, reticulate veins prominent. Nutlet broadly ovoid, ca. 6 × 4 mm, glabrous, except villous at apex, sometimes with sparse glands, prominently ribbed. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Carpinus putoensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Carpinus putoensis threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107993-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806039
COL ID 69DRJ
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Synonyms

Carpinus putoensis