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Carpinus tropicalis
Also called Mexican Hornbeam, Tropical Hornbeam
Carpinus tropicalis is a species of tree native to central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
In Mexico it is found in scattered locations in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, southern Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas Highlands, and Sierra Madre de Chiapas. It is also found in the highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
European hornbeam · American hornbeam · Sawa Hornbeam · Monkeytail Hornbeam · Chinese Hornbeam · Carpinus hebestroma · Japanese Hornbeam · Carpinus kawakamii · Loose Flower Hornbeam · Oriental Hornbeam · Carpinus polyneura · Puto Hornbeam
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carpinus tropicalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
