See, this is why I'm confused about my Korean type. Everywhere else calls it Carpinus coreana, but my tag says this:
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So, is "koreana" just another spelling of "coreana," or are these two distinct varieties? This is a Meehan's tag.
A search on the web of 'Carpinus koreana' only gives 'coreana' results, so I'm guessing these are the same, only someone else spelled it wrong?
And can anybody tell me the difference between 'coreana' and 'turczaninowii'??? Mine gets a doo doo brownish yellow fall color if that helps
Replying to a post almost 2 months ago.
To the question asked, what is the difference between species
coreana and
turczaninowii?
As far as I can tell, there is no difference. They are 2 names for the exact same species. There is a debate that has not been resolved as to which name, and herbarium specimens were published first and validly met all the rules of nomenclature. I don't know the specifics. But Chicago Botanic Garden, Unv. of Penn, & Morton Arboretum consider
coreana to be correct. New York Bot. Garden, North Carolina State Unv., Unv. of Maryland, & Unv. of South Carolina consider
turczaninowii to be correct.
The name
coreana is the correct spelling. The name
koreana is an orthographic error (misspelling) and is considered a synonym of
coreana.
Interestingly, answering this question leads down a rabbit hole. There are 6 species of "hornbeams" native to Korea. A couple occur either in Japan and or China too, but there are 6 species that can be found in Korea. For whatever it is worth. I've seen
C. cordata, it has slightly larger, heart shaped leaves. I have a
C. coreana, the others I am not familiar with.
- Carpinus cordata Blume – Sawa hornbeam - Primorye, China, Korea, Japan
- Carpinus eximia Nakai – Korea
- Carpinus laxiflora (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume – Aka-shide hornbeam - Japan, Korea
- Carpinus tschonoskii Maxim. – Chonowski's hornbeam - China, Korea, Japan
- Carpinus turczaninowii Hance – (C. coreana) Korean hornbeam, - China, Korea, Japan
- Ostrya japonica Sarg.- Japan, Korea, northern China - Asian Hop-flowered Hornbeam
I do have Carpinus caroliniana, and Ostrya virginiana in my collection too.
