Carpinus orientalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Carpinus |
| Species: | C. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Carpinus orientalis Mill.
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Carpinus orientalis, known as the Oriental hornbeam, is a hornbeam native to Hungary, the Balkans, Italy, Crimea, Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus.[1][2] and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the Carpinus betulus (European Hornbeam).
Description
The Carpinus orientalis is a small tree, rarely over 10 m tall and often shrubby. It has minute, with small leaves, 3–5 cm long.
The seeds have a simple bract, not trilobed like Carpinus betulus, that is about 2 cm long.[3][4]
- Cultivation
In recent years, this species has been extensively used as an ornamental tree for bonsai.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- ^ "Carpinus orientalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ^ Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR. 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad
- ^ Browicz, Kasimierz. Flora Iranica : Flora des Iranischen Hochlandes und der Umrahmenden Gebirge : Persien, Afghanistan, Teile von West-Pakistan, Nord-Iraq, (cont) 97: 2. 1972.
