Ostrya
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Ostrya virginiana
See also: ostrya
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin ostrya, ostrys from Ancient Greek ὀστρύα (ostrúa), ὄστρυς (óstrus), thought to be the common hophornbeam.
Proper noun
Ostrya f
- 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
