Castanea mollissima

Castanea mollissima

Castanea mollissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Fagaceae
Genus: Castanea
Species: Castanea mollissima

Name

Castanea mollissima Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Castanea sativa var. mollissima (Blume) Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 250 (1910).
• Heterotypic
  • Castanea sinensis Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 108 (1825), nom. nud.
  • Castanea bungeana Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851).
  • Castanea sativa var. bungeana (Blume) Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 250 (1910).
  • Castanea vulgaris var. yunnanensis Fr., J. Bot. 20: 196 (1899).
  • Castanea duclouxii Dode, Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1908: 150 (1908).
  • Castanea hupehensis Dode, Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1908: 151 (1908).
  • Castanea sativa var. formosana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: 304 (1911).
  • Castanea formosana (Hayata) Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6 (Suppl.): 71 (1917).
  • Castanea sativa var. intermedia Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 22: 275 (1915).
  • Castanea mollissima var. pendula X.Y.Zhou & Z.D.Zhou, J. Jiangxi Agric. Univ. 1982(1): 7 (1982).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), Manchuria (Liaoning), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi), Qinghai, China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang), Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea (North Korea), Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent (doubtful) Assam, East Himalaya (doubtful). Regional: Indo-China Laos, Vietnam. Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Massachusetts. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Windward Islands (Martinique). Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1849–1851. Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio. Leiden. Volumen 1. BHL Reference page. : 286

Additional references

• Huang, C.C., Chang, Y.T. & Bartholomew, B.M. 1999. Fagaceae. Pp. 314–400 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 
• Lee, Y.N., 1997. Flora of Korea [in Korean]. 3rd ed., Seoul: Kyohaksa, ISBN 89-09-02894-7, 1247 pp. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. & Frodin, D. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae). VIII + 408 p. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-46-6. Reference page. 
• Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Castanea mollissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Castanea mollissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Castanea mollissima. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Castanea mollissima. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chinesische Kastanie
English: Chinese Chestnut
فارسی: شاه‌بلوط چینی
suomi: Kiinankastanja
galego: Castiñeiro da China
magyar: Kínai gesztenye
日本語: シナグリ
한국어: 약밤나무
norsk: Kinakastanje
polski: Kasztan chiński
русский: Каштан мягчайший
slovenščina: Kitajski kostanj
ไทย: เกาลัดจีน
Türkçe: Çin kestanesi
українська: Китайський каштан
Tiếng Việt: Dẻ Trùng Khánh
Vahcuengh: Maklaeq
中文: 板栗

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