Common name
English: Spanish Chestnut
German: Echte Kastanie, Essbare Kastanie, Esskastanie
Portuguese: Castanheiro
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fagales (32)
Family: Fagaceae (23)(family description)
Genus: Castanea (2)
Epithet: sativa Mill. (6)
Synonym: Castanea prolifera (K.Koch) Hickel
prolifera => proliferous, producing bunched growth or offsets or young plantlets
sativa => sown, planted, cultivated, not wild
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, white
External links
Check for Castanea sativa at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [490] Castanea sativa - Plants For A Future database
- [1066] Castanea sativa - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [1238] Castanea - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [5] Aas, G. and Riedmiller, A. (2001): Trees of Britain and Europe. Harper Collins, London, UK.
- [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
- [6] Schretzenmayr, M. (1989): Heimische Bäume und Sträucher Mitteleuropas. Urania, Berlin, Germany.