Details for: NA 78545, Castanea sativa Mill., AZB-2008-134


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Castanea sativa Mill.
Top Name:
AZB-2008-134
Origin:
Collected – Azerbaijan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Oct 2008
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Castanea sativa Mill.
Top Name:
AZB-2008-134
Origin:
Collected – Azerbaijan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Oct 2008
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
23 September 2008.
Azerbaijan
Locality: Gabala District; ; Near Gabala City.
Coordinates: 41.0000, 48.0000 (Map it)
Elevation: 934m.
Environment description: Grazed land, near bottom of valley slope.
Slope: 10 Degrees
Comment: Large tree, ca 40' high and wide.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
AZB-2008-134
Type: Collector identifier

NA 78545
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Called the "wildest chestnut in Azerbaijan" by Zakir, who led us to this tree upon inquiring about wild chestnuts. Zakir is something of a nut expert in Azerbaijan and has written a book on the subject, "Khos" ("Xos").
Castanea sativa Mill.
Genus:
Castanea
Family:
Fagaceae
Subfamily:
Castaneoideae
Nomen number:

9445
Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Castanea no. 1. 1768
Verified:
05/18/1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fagus procera Salisb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Castanea vesca Gaertn.
Castanea vulgaris Lam.
Fagus castanea L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEuropean chestnut  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishSpanish chestnut  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishsweet chestnut  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchchâtaignier commun  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanEdel-Kastanie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1282. Note: re. German common names
GermanEßkastanie  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMarone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1282. Note: re. German common names
Italiancastagno  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Portuguesecastanheiro-comum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcastaño común  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishregoldo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishäkta kastanj  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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