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.

Native distribution areas

Display the range areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.) 1994–2013. Flora of China. 25 vols. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online at eFloras.org 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: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A., 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. Reference page. 
• Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1–660. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Castanea mollissima. Published online. Accessed 23 November 2017.

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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