Distribution
Native to:
Japan, Korea
Introduced into:
Italy, New York, Portugal, Spain
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Castanea japonica var. crenata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Castanea castanea var. pubinervis Sarg. in Silva 9: 9 (1896), not validly publ.
- Castanea chinensis Hassk. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 73 (1844)
- Castanea crenata subvar. bournetii A.Camus in Chataigniers, Atlas: 12 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. canescens (Blume) Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 339 (1926)
- Castanea crenata var. caudata Miyoshi in Proc. Imp. Acad. Japan 3: 238 (1927)
- Castanea crenata var. dulcis Nakai in Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1934: 11 (1934)
- Castanea crenata var. elongata (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata f. femina (Makino) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata var. femina Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926)
- Castanea crenata f. gigantea Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926)
- Castanea crenata var. imperfecta Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 5: 44 (1928)
- Castanea crenata f. imperfecta (Makino) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata var. japonica (Blume) Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 339 (1926)
- Castanea crenata var. kawasei Sugim. in J. Geobot. 16: 49 (1968)
- Castanea crenata var. kusakuri (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 191 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. longispina (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. obtexta (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. ookasi (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. pendula Miyoshi in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 187 (1919)
- Castanea crenata f. pendula (Miyoshi) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata f. pleiocarpa (Makino) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata var. pleiocarpa Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926)
- Castanea crenata var. pulchella Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 107 (1943)
- Castanea crenata f. pulchella (Honda) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata var. quercina (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. siba-kuri (Blume) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. stricta (Siebold & Zucc.) A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 191 (1929)
- Castanea crenata f. syakacephala (Makino) Sugim. in New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961)
- Castanea crenata var. syakacephala Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 6: 26 (1929)
- Castanea crenata var. tamba A.Camus in Chataigniers, Texte: 193 (1929)
- Castanea japonica Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851)
- Castanea japonica var. canescens Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851)
- Castanea japonica var. elongata Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864)
- Castanea japonica var. kusakuri Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 285 (1851)
- Castanea japonica var. longispina Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864)
- Castanea japonica var. obtexta Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864)
- Castanea japonica var. ookasi Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 285 (1851)
- Castanea japonica var. quercina Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864)
- Castanea japonica var. siba-kuri Blume in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864)
- Castanea japonica var. stricta (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851)
- Castanea japonica var. typica Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851), not validly publ.
- Castanea kusakuri (Blume) Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 337 (1926)
- Castanea pubinervis C.K.Schneid. in Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 158 (1904)
- Castanea sativa var. japonica (Blume) Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 287 (1900)
- Castanea sativa var. pubinervis (C.K.Schneid.) Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 12 (1909)
- Castanea stricta Siebold & Zucc. in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 225 (1846)
- Castanea vulgaris var. elongata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864)
- Castanea vulgaris var. japonica (Blume) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864)
- Castanea vulgaris var. kusakuri (Blume) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864)
- Castanea vulgaris var. subdentata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864)
- Shiia cuspidata var. microcarpa Makino in Ill. Fl. Nippon: 655 (1940), no Latin descr.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images