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Castanea -
by Steven D. Glenn
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Last modified: 09/07/2006
Nomenclature
Castanea Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. 1754. LECTOTYPE: C. sativa Mill. (see Britton & A.Br., Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 615. 1913).
[Fagus L., Sp. Pl. 997. 1753, p. p.]
Fagus Castanea Weston, Bot. Univ. 1: 107. 1770. TYPE: unknown.
Castanophorum Neck., Elem. Bot. 3: 257. 1790. TYPE: unknown.
Castanea subgen. Eucastanea Koehne, Deut. Dendrol. 121. 1893. TYPE: unknown.
Castanea sect. Eucastanea, sect. Balanocastanon & sect. Hypocastanon Dode, Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France, 1908: 140. 1908. TYPE: unknown.
Key to the species of Castanea
1. Leaves and branches glabrous...Castanea dentata
1. Leaves and branches pubescent...2
2. Lower leaf surface without conspicuous glands; nuts ca. 1 cm across...Castanea pumila
2. Lower leaf surface with conspicuous glands; nuts 2-3 cm across...Castanea sativa