Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carpinus betulus L. [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carpinus betulus, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
common hornbeam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european hornbeam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carpinus betulus f. albovariegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 140 (1940).
Carpinus betulus f. aureovariegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 140 (1940).
Carpinus betulus var. carpinizza (Kil.) Neilr. Nachtr. Maly Enum.: 76 (1861).
Carpinus betulus subsp. carpinizza (Kil.) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 96 (1949).
Carpinus betulus var. columnaris Beissn. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1899: 133 (1899).
Carpinus betulus f. columnaris (Beissn.) Späth ex Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 48 (1903).
Carpinus betulus f. cucullata H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 31 (1904).
Carpinus betulus f. fastigiata (G.Nicholson) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 48 (1903).
Carpinus betulus var. fastigiata G.Nicholson Garden (London, 1871-1927) 24: 419 (1883).
Carpinus betulus f. horizontalis Simon-Louis Preisverw., Herbst 1902-1903: ? (1902).
Carpinus betulus f. incisa (Aiton) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 140 (1904).
Carpinus betulus var. incisa Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 362 (1789).
Carpinus betulus var. obtusifolia G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner,, Arbor. Muscav.: 667 (1864).
Carpinus betulus f. pendula (Massé) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 31 (1904).
Carpinus betulus var. pendula (Massé) G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 667 (1864).
Carpinus betulus var. provincialis Gay ex Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 3: 121 (1855).
Carpinus betulus f. purpurea K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 3 (1873).
Carpinus betulus f. pyramidalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 140 (1891).
Carpinus betulus f. quercifolia (A.DC.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 140 (1904).
Carpinus betulus var. quercifolia A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 126 (1864).
Carpinus betulus var. serrata Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 266 (1890).
Carpinus betulus subsp. serrata (Beck) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 96 (1949).
Carpinus betulus var. typica Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 116 (1893), not validly publ.
Carpinus betulus f. variegata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 140 (1891).
Carpinus carpinizza Kil. in N.T.Host, Fl. Austriac. 2: 626 (1831).
Carpinus caucasica Grossh. Izv. Azerbaidzhansk. Fil. 1940(5): 34 (1940).
Carpinus compressus Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 399 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Carpinus intermedia Wierzb. ex Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 12: 4 (1850).
Carpinus nervata Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 141 (1867).
Carpinus pendula Massé Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 2: 271 (1853).
Carpinus quercifolia Desf. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 300 (1840), not validly publ.
Carpinus sepium Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 212 (1779), nom. superfl.
Carpinus ulmifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 392 (1796), nom. superfl.
Carpinus ulmoides Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 245 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Carpinus vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carpinus betulus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Carpinus betulus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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