Ostryopsis

Ostryopsis
Ostryopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Ostryopsis
Decne.
Species

Ostryopsis davidiana
Ostryopsis nobilis

Ostryopsis is a small genus of two species of deciduous shrubs belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The species have no common English name, though Hazel-hornbeam has been suggested, reflecting their similarities to the closely related Hazels and Hop-hornbeams.

The genus is native in western China and Mongolia. They are shrubs reaching 3-5 m tall, with alternate, double-toothed hazel-like leaves 2-7 cm long. The flowers are produced in spring, with separate male and female catkins. The fruit form in clusters 3-5 cm long with 6-10 seeds; each seed is a small nut 4-6 mm long, fully enclosed in a sheath-like involucre.

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  • Ostryopsis — noun deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae • Syn: ↑genus Ostryopsis • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • genus Ostryopsis — noun deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae • Syn: ↑Ostryopsis • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Остриопсис — Остриопсис …   Википедия

  • Остриопсис Давида — Остриопсис Давида …   Википедия

  • Fagales — ▪ plant order Introduction   beech order of dicotyledonous woody flowering plants, comprising nearly 1,900 species in 55 genera. Members of Fagales represent some of the most important temperate deciduous or evergreen trees of both hemispheres,… …   Universalium

  • Betulaceae — noun monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) • Syn: ↑family Betulaceae, ↑birch family • Derivationally related forms: ↑betulaceous • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot family …   Useful english dictionary

  • birch family — noun monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) • Syn: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑betulaceous (for: ↑Betulaceae) …   Useful english dictionary

  • family Betulaceae — noun monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) • Syn: ↑Betulaceae, ↑birch family • Derivationally related forms: ↑betulaceous (for: ↑Betulaceae) • …   Useful english dictionary

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