Carpinus rupestris A.Camus

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Carpinus

Characteristics

Trees 2-4 m tall; bark dark gray. Branches gray-black, glabrous; branchlets gray, densely white or brown villous. Petiole 1-3 mm, densely white or brown villous; leaf blade lanceo-late or oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 × 1.5-2 cm, subleathery, abaxially densely white or brown villous, adaxially glabrous except sparsely villous along midvein, base subrounded or broadlycuneate, margin minutely simply setiform serrate, apex acuminate; lateral veins 14-17 on each side of midvein, raised abaxially, impressed adaxially. Female inflorescence 2-3 × 1-1.2 cm;peduncle ca. 1 cm, densely villous; bracts semiovate or semirounded, 9-10 × 3-5 mm, abaxially pubescent intermixed with long hairs along reticulate veins, adaxially pubescent, outermargin remotely minutely serrate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire, with small, inflexed basal auricle, apex acuminate; veins 5. Nutlet ovoid, ca. 3 mm, densely villous, ribbed. Fl.May-Jun, fr. Jun-Aug.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Carpinus rupestris world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107996-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806078
COL ID RG4X
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Synonyms

Carpinus rupestris