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Carpinus putoensis (Putuo hornbeam, Chinese: 普陀鹅耳枥) is a species of plant in the family Betulaceae. It is a small tree, up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall.[2]

Carpinus putoensis
Carpinus putoensis near Huiji Temple, Putuo Island
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Betulaceae
Genus:	Carpinus
Species:	C. putoensis
Binomial name
Carpinus putoensis Cheng

It is endemic to Zhoushan archipelago in China where it survives as a single tree on Putuo Island. It is monoecious, thereby in principle still able to reproduce sexually in the wild.[1] According to Edward O. Wilson, this is an example of what conservation biologists call "living dead" species.

References

Further reading

• Wilson, Edward O. The Future of Life. Vintage Books, New York: 2002. p. 89

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Carpinus putoensis ist ein kleiner Baum aus der Unterfamilie der Haselnussgewächse (Coryloideae) mit braunen, spärlich zottig behaarten Zweigen, spärlich zottig behaarter Blattoberseite und spärlich flaumig behaarter Unterseite. Das natürliche Verbreitungsgebiet der Art liegt auf einer Insel in China. In freier Natur existiert nur mehr ein einzelnes Exemplar.

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