Carpinus polyneura

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shaw, K. |author2=Roy , S. |author3=Wilson, B. |year=2014 |title=duo mai e er li Carpinus polyneura |volume=2014 |page=e.T194511A2343743 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194511A2343743.en |access-date=7 November 2024 }}

| genus = Carpinus

| species = polyneura

| authority = Franch.

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| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|

  • Carpinus glandulosopunctata {{small|(C.J.Qi) C.J.Qi}}
  • Carpinus handelii {{small|Rehder}}
  • Carpinus polyneura var. glandulosopunctulata {{small|C.J.Qi}}
  • Carpinus polyneura var. wilsoniana {{small|H.J.P.Winkl.}}
  • Carpinus sunpanensis {{small|W.Y.Hsia}}
  • Carpinus tsunyihensis {{small|Hu}}
  • Carpinus turczaninovii var. polyneura {{small|(Franch.) H.J.P.Winkl.}}

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Carpinus polyneura is a species of flowering plant in the hornbeam genus Carpinus (family Betulaceae).{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006190 |title=多脉鹅耳枥 duo mai e er li |author=|date=2024 |website=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=7 November 2024 }} It is native to southern China.{{cite POWO |id=295277-1 |title=Carpinus polyneura Franch. |access-date=7 November 2024 }} A tree reaching {{cvt|15|m}}, it is typically found in subtropical deciduous forests and in thickets at elevations from {{cvt|400|to|2300|m}}. It is available from commercial suppliers, and features reddish young leaves in the spring, mounted on purplish-brown twigs.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/23541/carpinus-polyneura/details|title=Carpinus polyneura |author= |date=2024 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=7 November 2024 |quote=5 suppliers }}

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:

  • Carpinus polyneura var. polyneura – Sichuan, Hunan
  • Carpinus polyneura var. sunpanensis {{small|(W.Y.Hsia) P.C.Li}} – Sichuan
  • Carpinus polyneura var. tsunyihensis {{small|(Hu) P.C.Li}} – Guizhou

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