Carpinus tsaiana Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Carpinus

Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall; bark gray, dissected. Branchlets purplish red, glabrescent. Petiole ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely villous; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 7-14 × 4.5-6 cm, abaxially sparsely villous along veins, bearded in axils of lateral veins, adaxially glabrous, densely glandular punctate, base cordate or obliquely cordate, margin irregularly and doubly minutely serrate, apex acuminate; lateral veins 14-16 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence 10-14 cm; peduncle ca. 3 cm, glabrous; bracts broadly semiovate, 2.5-3 × 1.5-1.8 cm, sparsely villous, outer margin coarsely dentate-lobulate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire or remotely minutely serrate, with inflexed basal auricle, apex acute or acuminate; veins 5, reticulate veins obvious. Nutlet triangular-ovoid or broadly ovoid, 5-6 mm, densely pubescent, densely villous at apex, orange resinous glandular, prominently ribbed. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Carpinus tsaiana world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Carpinus tsaiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:108006-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806274
COL ID RG5F
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Synonyms

Carpinus tsaiana Carpinus sichourensis