Carpinus

See also: carpinus

Translingual

Carpinus betulus

Etymology

From Latin carpinus (“hornbeam”).

Proper noun

Carpinus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – hornbeams, of temperate environments in the Northern Hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fagales – order; Betulaceae – family; Coryloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Carpinus betulus - European hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam; Carpinus cordata - Sawa hornbeam; Carpinus fargesii - Farges' hornbeam; Carpinus laxiflora - Aka-shide hornbeam; Carpinus japonica - Japanese hornbeam; Carpinus orientalis - oriental hornbeam; Carpinus tschonoskii - Chonowski's hornbeam; Carpinus turczaninowii - Turkzaninov's hornbeam — selected species

References

• Hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Carpinus at USDA Plants database
• Carpinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Carpinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carpinus at Paleobiology Database
• Coryloideae at APWeb
• Carpinus at Plants of the World Online