Ostrya rehderiana

Ostrya rehderiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Ostrya
Species: O. rehderiana
Binomial name
Ostrya rehderiana
Chun

Ostrya rehderiana (Zhejiang Hop-hornbeam, Chinese: 天目铁木; literally: "Tianmu iron tree") is a tree in the Betulaceae family. It can grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall.[2] It is endemic to Zhejiang province in China. The wild population apparently consists of only five trees on Tianmu Mountain, and the species is under first-class national protection in China.[3]

References

  1. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ostrya rehderiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. ↑ eFloras. "Ostrya rehderiana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Retrieved 12 April 2012.


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