Family:
Betulaceae Gray
Genus:
Carpinus L.

Carpinus japonica Blume

This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & S. Japan.

Native to:

Japan

English
Japanese Hornbeam

Carpinus japonica Blume appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2019 Siebold, P.F.von [s.n.], Japan K000859948 Yes
Mar 1, 2019 Siebold, P.F.von [s.n.], Japan K000859947 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.C [2003-0565], Japan K000696498 No

First published in Mus. Bot. 1: 308 (1851)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    Copyright applied to individual images