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Carpinus orientalis Mill. 1768
Betulaceae
(APG IV)Oriental hornbeam
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Europe: Apennine Peninsula, Romania, Hungary, Crimea; Turkey, Caucasus, northern Iran
Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Corylaceae ()Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious; flowers arranged in pendant spikes
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree or shrub
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- winged nut fruits (samaras)
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
- Soil conditions
- on shallow, humus-poor soils
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- mixed deciduous forests and scrub, downy oak forests, dry and rocky slopes
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic to warm-temperate (sub-Mediterranean) deciduous forests
- Constraints according moisture
- drought-resistant species
- Usage
- wood is used as firewood and charcoal; nowadays used as an ornamental tree for Bonsai
- Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)
- 100
- Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
- 2,500
Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;
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Taxonomic update: Database method on: 23.2.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 27.2.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.| Sex | Standort | Accession number | Planting year | Donation | IPEN | Lat. | Long. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baumschule Hohenheim West | BS-West-21034 | XX-0-HOH-BS-West-21034 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parzelle N | SP-NB-114-1423 | 2016 | XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-114-1423 | 48,7119935633 | 9,2165612023 | ||
| Parzelle N | SP-NB-089-10273 | 2018 | XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-089-10273 | 48,7116288748 | 9,2166225653 | ||
| Gehölz | SYS-G-307-16969 | XX-0-HOH-SYS-G-307-16969 | 48,708786 | 9,211096 |