What is Celtis?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Celtis sinensis3.jpg | image_caption = Leaves and immature fruit of Chinese hackberry (''[[Celtis sinensis|C.&nbsp;sinensis]]'') | taxon = Celtis | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = Some 60–70 [[#Selected species|(see about 35 below)]] | synonyms = * ''Mertensia'' <small>Kunth 1817 nom. illeg. hom.</small> * ''Momisia'' <small>F. Dietr. 1819</small> * ''Sparrea'' <small>Hunz. & Dottori 1978</small> }} '''''Celtis''''' is a [[genus]] of about 60–70 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] [[tree]]s. They are commonly called '''hackberries'''. They grow in [[temperate]] regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], in southern [[Europe]], southern and eastern [[Asia]], south to central [[Africa]], southern and central [[North America]], and northern and central [[South America]]. [[Category:Cannabaceae]] [[Category:Trees]] {{biology-stub}}