Castanea henryi

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Castanea

Trees or shrubs , winter-deciduous, sometimes rhizomatous . Terminal buds absent, pseudoterminal bud (axillary bud of youngest leaf) ovoid , with 2 unequal opposite outer scales enclosing several imbricate inner scales. Leaves: stipules prominent on new growth, soon deciduous. Leaf blade thin, somewhat leathery, secondary veins unbranched, ±parallel, extending to margin , each vein ending in sharp tooth or well-developed awn . Inflorescences staminate or androgynous, axillary , spicate , erect , rigid or flexible ; androgynous inflorescences with pistillate cupules/flowers toward base and staminate flowers distally. Staminate flowers: sepals distinct ; stamens 12(-18), typically surrounding indurate pistillode covered with silky hairs . Pistillate flowers 1-3 per cupule; sepals distinct; carpels and styles typically 6(-9). Fruits: maturation in 1st year following pollination (termed annual by many authors ) ; cupule 2-4-valved, valves connate marginally until maturity, ±completely enclosing nut(s), spiny , spines irregularly branched, often interlocking, densely or sparsely covered in simple hairs; nuts 1-3 per cupule, plano-convex , or if 3, then central nut often reduced and flattened, or if solitary, then often rounded in cross section , not winged , adjacent nuts not separated by internal cupule valves. x = 12.

Species ca. 8-10 (3 in the flora , often interpreted as 2) : North America, Europe, Asia.

As evidenced by United States breeding programs, all species are probably interfertile (including American × Asian species). Local morphologic intergradation between species is to be expected.[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Castanea fargesii Dode • Castanea sativa var. acuminatissima Seem. • Castanea vilmoriniana Dode • Castanopsis henryi Skan

Notes

Publishing author : Rehder & E.H.Wilson Publication : Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 3(2): 196 1916 [31 Aug 1916]

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Castanea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. crenata (Japanese Chestnut) · C. dentata (American Chestnut) · C. henryi (Henry Chestnut) · C. mollissima (Chinese Chestnut) · C. neglecta (Neglected Chestnut) · C. ozarkensis (Ozark Chinkapin) · C. ozarkensis var. ozarkensis (Ozark Chinkapin) · C. pumila (Allegeny Chinkapin) · C. pumila ozarkensis (Ozark Chinquapin) · C. sativa (European Chestnut) · C. sativa 'Albomarginata' (Spanish Chestnut) · C. sativa 'Marron De Lyon' (Spanish Chestnut) · C. seguinii (Chinese Chinquapin) · C. 'Colossal' (Hybrid Chestnut) · C. 'Nevada' (Chestnut) · C. 'Timburr' (Chestnut)

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Further Reading

• Chinese economic trees, [Shanghai]Printed by the Commercial Press, Ltd.[1921] url , , , , , p. 19, p. 86.
• Essays in geobotany in honor of William Albert Setchell, edited by T.H. Goodspeed. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1936. url p. 71.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 111.
• Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze Valley, China. Corvallis, Oregon State College[1958] url p. 79.
• Report of the proceedings at the. .. annual meeting / Northern Nut Growers Association. Ithaca, N.Y.: The Association, [1910?-1941?] url p. 60.
• Hardin, J. W. and G. P. Johnson. 1985. Atlas of foliar surface features in woody plants, VIII. Fagus and Castanea (Fagaceae) of eastern North America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112: 11-20.
• Johnson, G. P. 1988. Revision of Castanea sect. Balanocastanon (Fagaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 69: 25-49.
• Paillet, F. L. 1993. Growth form and life histories of American chestnut and Allegheny and Ozark chinquapin at various North American sites. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 120: 257-268.
• Paillet, F. L. and P. A. Rutter. 1989. Replacement of native oak and hickory tree species by the introduced American chestnut Castanea dentata in southwestern Wisconsin, USA. Canad. J. Bot. 67: 3457-3469.
• Tucker, G. E. 1975. Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis (Ashe) Tucker, comb. nov. Proc. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 29: 67-69.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5828908
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-34986
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14245125
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358295-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 358295-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 724725

Footnotes

1. "Castanea". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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