Castanea
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Castanea

chestnut
chinkapin

Hierarchical position of the Genus Castanea

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Hamamelididae Takht.
pub. 1967
  
   SuperOrdo  Juglandanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Fagales Engl.
pub. 1892
  
   Familia  Fagaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11, 12. 1829.
common name: Oaks
  
   Subfamilia  Castaneoideae Orsted.
pub. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk. Naturhist. Foren. Kj�benhavn 1866: 5
  
   Tribus  Castaneeae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 15. 1827.
  
   Genus  Castanea Mill.
pub. (1754)
common name: chestnut
  

Named members of the Genus Castanea

1
   Species  alabamensis Ashe
syn. Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis
2
   Species  alnifolia Nutt.
 
3
   Varietas  floridana Sarg.
syn. Castanea pumila var. pumila
4
   Species  americana (Michaux) Raf.
syn. Castanea dentata
5
   Species  ashei (Sudworth) Sudworth
syn. Castanea pumila var. pumila
6
   Species  bungeana Blume
syn. Castanea mollissima
7
   Species  crenata Sieb. & Zucc.
common name: Japanese chestnut
  
8
   Species  dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
common name: American chestnut
  
9
   Species  floridana (Sarg.) Ashe
syn. Castanea pumila var. pumila
10
   Species  formosana (Hayata) Hayata
syn. Castanea mollissima
11
   Species  japonica Blume
syn. Castanea crenata
12
   Species  mollissima Blume
common name: Chinese chestnut
  
13
   Species  ozarkensis Ashe
 
14
   Varietas  arkansana (Ashe) Ashe
syn. Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis
15
   Species  pubinervis (Hassk.) C. Schneider
syn. Castanea crenata
16
   Species  pumila (L.) P. Mill.
 
17
   Varietas  ashei Sudworth
syn. Castanea pumila var. pumila
18
   Varietas  margarettiae Ashe
syn. Castanea pumila var. pumila
19
   Varietas  ozarkensis (Ashe) Tucker
common name: Ozark chinkapin
20
   Varietas  pumila
common name: chinkapin
21
   Species  sativa P. Mill.
common name: European chestnut, sweet chestnut
  
22
   Species  stricta Siebold & Zucc.
syn. Castanea crenata
23
   Species  vesca Gaertner
syn. Castanea sativa
24
   Species  vulgaris Lam.
syn. Castanea sativa
25
   Species  x neglecta Dode (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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