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Castanea (chestnut)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1754Castanea Miller
1899Castanea Knowlton
1914Castanea Berry p. 138
1919Castanea Knowlton
1926Castanea Knowlton
1959Castanea Brown p. 128
1996Castanea Liu et al.
2000Castanea Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
genusCastaneaMiller 1754

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Castanea Miller 1754 [chestnut]
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Castanea atavia Unger 1850
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Invalid names: Castanea ungeri Heer 1869 [synonym]
Castanea claibornensis Berry 1914
Castanea dolicophylla Cockerell 1908
Castanea fujiyamae Tanai 1970
Castanea intermedia Lesquereux 1878
Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki 1976
Castanea pulchella Knowlton 1899
Castanea pumila Linnaeus 1753
Castanea sativa Miller 1786
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Castanea intermedia (40083 43302 57937 57945 58004)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Castanea intermedia (40059 52826 52953 52957 53076 53081)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Castanea intermedia (53838)
Paleocene - Oligocene66.0 - 23.03Canada (Nunavut) Castanea sp. (102066)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Castanea miocrenata (22819)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Castanea sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Castanea miomollissima (223891)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Castanea miomollissima (223907)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Castanea cataneaefolia (112312)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Castanea intermedia (53070)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Castanea fujiyamae (179213)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Castanea pulchella (24087 24145 24157)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Castanea claibornensis (212696)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Castanea dolichophylla (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Castanea dolichophylla (39837 39839 39849)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Castanea protoantiqua (224520)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Castanea spokanensis (23793)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Castanea sp. (231836)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Castanea basidentata (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Czech Republic Castanea atavia (224522)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Castanea spolanensis (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Castanea dolichophylla, Castanea miomollissima (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jilin) Castanea ungeri (223816)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Castanea orientalis (103753)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Castanea castaneaefolia (224391)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Castanea sp. (22820)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Castanea miomollissima (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Castanea sp. (231784 231798 231824 231826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Hebei) Castanea sativa (223818)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Castanea miocrenata (22787 22788)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Jilin) Castanea miomollissima (223933)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Castanea miomollissima (223803)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Castanea sp. (79793)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Castanea mollissima (28442) Castanea sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Castanea atavia (27380)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Anhui) Castanea miomollissima (223948)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Castanea spokanensis (35412)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Castanea miocrenata (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Castanea sp. (126605 187324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Castanea atavia (23044 23045 27512 27514)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Castanea miocrenata (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Castanea miomollissima (222698)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Castanea sp. (168063)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Castanea sativa (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Zhejiang) Castanea ungeri (223882)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Castanea sp. (232112 232121 232124 232125 232144 232145 232146 232147)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Castanea miomollissima (224402)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Castanea sp. (22712)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Castanea sp. (168082)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Castanea sp. (61887)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Castanea sp. (104698)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Castanea sp. (168083)