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Taxon:
Castanea dentata
(Marshall) Borkh.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Castanea
Family:
Fagaceae
Subfamily:
Castaneoideae
Nomen number:
9435
Place of publication:
Theor. prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 1:741. 1800
Verified:
11/20/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fagus-castanea dentata
Marshall
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Castanea americana
(Michx.) Raf.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Castanea+dentata&quantity=1
Gailing, O. & C. D. Nelson.
2017. Genetic variation patterns of American chestnut populations at EST-SSRs. Botany 95:799-807.
DOI:
10.1139/cjb-2016-0323
.
URL:
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/journalDetail.jsp?jcode=cjb&lang=eng
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Graves, A. H.
1941. Breeding work toward the development of a timber type of blight-resistant chestnut: Report for 1940. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68:667-674.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Jacobs, D. F. et al.
2013. A conceptual framework for restoration of threatened plants: the effective model of American chestnut (
Castanea dentata
) reintroduction. New Phytol. 197:378-393.
Jacobs, D. F.
2007. Toward development of silvical strategies for forest restoration of American chestnut (
Castanea dentata
) using blight-resistant hybrids. Biol. Conservation 137:497-506.
URL:
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biological-conservation/
Jaynes, R. A. & N. K. DePalma.
1984. Natural infection of nuts of
Castanea dentata
by
Endothecia parasitica
. Phytopathology 74:296-299.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Little, E. L., Jr.
1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Maynard, C. A. et al.
2009. Chestnut. Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants. 169-192.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Radford, A. E. et al.
1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Scoggan, H. J.
1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
Seymour, F.
1969. The flora of New England.
Shaw, J. et al.
2012. Phylogeny and phylogeography of North American
Castanea
Mill. (Fagaceae) using cpDNA suggests gene sharing in the Southern Appalachians (
Castanea
Mill., Fagaceae). Castanea 77:186-211.
Steyermark, J. A.
1977. Flora of Missouri.
Voss, E.
1972-. Michigan flora.
Wherry, E. T. et al.
1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
URL:
http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/dbsearch.html
Wofford, B. E.
Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Fagaceae&GenusID=Castanea&SpeciesID=dentata
Worthen, L. M. et al.
2010. Breeding American chestnuts for blight resistance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 33:305-339.
Common names
English
American chestnut –
Reference(s)
French
châtaignier d'Amérique –
Reference(s)
German
amerikanische Kastanie –
Reference(s)
Swedish
amerikansk kastanj –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Ontario
s.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Illinois
s.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Missouri
s.e.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Wisconsin
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Connecticut
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Indiana
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maine
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Massachusetts
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Michigan
s.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Hampshire
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Jersey
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New York
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Ohio
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Rhode Island
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Vermont
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
West Virginia
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Delaware
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
n.w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Kentucky
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
n.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maryland
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Mississippi
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
w. & c.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Tennessee
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
6
Other
most populations destroyed by chestnut blight, some survive as stump sprouts
Native
Northern America
EASTERN CANADA:
Canada
[Ontario (s.)]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Connecticut, Indiana (s.), Maine (s.), Massachusetts, Michigan (s.e.), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Illinois (s.), Missouri (s.e.), Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, Delaware, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana (n.), Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (w. & c.), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Other
(most populations destroyed by chestnut blight, some survive as stump sprouts)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
from leaves
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials
wood
from dead trees
Steyermark, J. A.
1977. Flora of Missouri.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References