Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
CASTANEA Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Castanea sativa Miller Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 615. 1913.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Castanea crenata | JAPANESE CHESTNUT | Not Native | ||
| Castanea dentata | AMERICAN CHESTNUT | Native | ||
| Castanea mollissima | CHINESE CHESTNUT | Not Native | ||
| Castanea pumila | CHINQUAPIN | Native |
Identification Key
1. Leaf blade undersides glabrous or sparsely puberulent along the veins, and with 4-celled sessile glands
1. Leaf blade undersides with simple and stellate hairs, and the glands sessile, 9-celled or stipitate
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2. Leaf blade undersides with 9-celled, sessile glands
2. Leaf blade undersides with stipitate glands
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3. Leaf blade undersides with stipitate glands only along the midrib or veins; cupule with (1-)3 nuts
3. Leaf blade undersides with stipitate glands throughout; cupule with 1(-3) nuts
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4. Stoloniferous shrub; of scrub and sandhills
4. Solitary shrub or small tree; primarily of open woodlands
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5. Leaf blade lower surface usually grayish white and densely tomentose, sometimes glabrate; staminate inflorescence 7-10 mm wide, flowers densely crowded
5. Leaf blade lower surface pale green, finely tomentose to glabrate; staminate inflorescence 3-6 mm wide, flower clusters interrupted
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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