Betulaceae

Carpinus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 998 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, Laos, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Norway

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 5, 1913 Giraldi, G. [s.n.] China K000859930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 4, 1913 Wilson, E.H. [4489] China K000859933 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williams, S.W. [12681] China K000859937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2800] Nepal K000859917 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [7020] China K000859934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williams, S.W. [12681] China K000859938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2800] India K001117116 Unknown Type Material Yes
Giraldi, G. [s.n.] China K000859931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [4489] China K000859932 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2800] Nepal K001117115 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [7219] China K000859936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [7020] China K000859935 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000859918 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images