Ostryopsis
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Ostryopsis
A genus of two species of deciduous shrubs, natives of China. Involucre of fruit leafy, tubular, not membranous and bladder-like as in Ostrya, to which it is allied. The second species, O. nobilis Balf. f. & W. W. Sm., was discovered by Forrest in Yunnan in 1913 but is probably not in cultivation.
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'Ostryopsis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Carpinaceae
A genus of two species of deciduous shrubs, natives of China. Involucre of fruit leafy, tubular, not membranous and bladder-like as in Ostrya, to which it is allied. The second species, O. nobilis Balf. f. & W. W. Sm., was discovered by Forrest in Yunnan in 1913 but is probably not in cultivation.
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