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Fagaceae

Castanea

Castanea mollissima Blume

First published in Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is China to N. Korea. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Publications
Other data

Doubtfully present in:

Assam, East Himalaya

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Taiwan, Windward Is.

Homotypic Synonyms

Castanea sativa var. mollissima (Blume) Pamp. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 250 (1910)

Heterotypic Synonyms

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

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images