Ostrya

See also: ostrya

Translingual

Ostrya virginiana

Etymology

From Latin ostrya, ostrys from Ancient Greek ὀστρύα (ostrúa), ὄστρυς (óstrus), thought to be the common hophornbeam.

Proper noun

Ostrya f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – hophornbeams.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fagales – order; Betulaceae – family; Coryloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ostrya carpinifolia (European hophornbeam) - type species; Ostrya chisosensis (Big Bend hop-hornbeam), Ostrya japonica (Japanese hop-hornbeam), Ostrya knowltonii (Knowlton’s hop-hornbeam), Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam) - species

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Asterocarpinus, Carpinus, Coryloides (extinct), Corylus, Cranea (extinct), Kardiasperma (extinct), Ostryopsis, Palaeocarpinus (extinct) - genera

References

• Ostrya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ostrya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ostrya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ostrya at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ostrya at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ostrya at Paleobiology Database
• Ostrya at USDA Plants database
• Ostrya at Plants of the World Online
• Ostrya at Tropicos
• Coryloideae at APWeb