Castanea claibornensis Berry 1914 (chestnut)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1914. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 84:1-200

Belongs to Castanea according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Berry 1914

Sister taxa: Castanea atavia, Castanea castaneaefolia, Castanea dolicophylla, Castanea fujiyamae, Castanea intermedia, Castanea protoantiqua, Castanea pulchella, Castanea pumila, Castanea sativa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fiske property, which is in a Bartonian marine claystone in the McBean Formation of Georgia

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Fiske property

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