- Carpinus, genus Carpinus - mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
--1 is a kind of hamamelid dicot genus
--1 is a member of Betulaceae, family Betulaceae, birch family
--1 has members:hornbeam; European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus; American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana