Taxon: Castanea mollissima Blume

Summary

Genus:

Castanea

Family:

Fagaceae

Subfamily:

Castaneoideae

Nomen number:

9442

Place of publication:

Mus. bot. 1:286. 1851

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50106974

Verified:

11/20/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

282 (3 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Castanea bungeana Blume
Castanea formosana (Hayata) Hayata

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Links

Forestry Images – from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Clark, S. L. et al. 2016. Establishment of American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) bred for blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance: influence of breeding and nursery grading. New Forests 47:243-270. Note: this study examined field conditions responses of seedlings of BC3F3 hybrids to blight resistance compared to parental species Castanea dentata and C. mollissima
Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Fernandes, P. et al. 2022. European and American chestnuts: an overview of the main threats and control effects. Front. Plant Sci. 13:951844, pages 1-26. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.951844.
Fernandez-Lopez, J. 2011. Identification of the genealogy of interspecific hybrids between Castanea sativa, Castanea crenata and Castanea mollissima. Forest Syst. 20:65-80.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. Note: = Castanea bungeana Blume
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
Grauke, L. J. & T. E. Thompson. 2003. Rootstock development in temperate nut crops. Acta Hort. 622:553-566.
Griffin, G. J. 2000. Blight control and restoration of the American chestnut. J. Forest. (Washington, DC) 98:22-27.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Jaynes, R. A. & N. K. DePalma. 1984. Natural infection of nuts of Castanea dentata by Endothecia parasitica. Phytopathology 74:296-299.
Jiangsu Institute of Botany. 1982. Flora of Jiangsu.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Kubisiak, T. L. et al. 1997. Molecular mapping of resistance to blight in an interspecific cross in the genus Castanea. Phytopathology 87:751-759.
LaBonte, N. R. et al. 2018. Signatures of selection in the genomes of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume): The roots of nut tree domestication. Front. Plant Sci. 9:810. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00810.
Lang, P. et al. 2006. Phylogeny of Castanea (Fagaceae) based on chloroplast trnT-L-F sequence data. Tree Genet. Genomes 2:132-139.
Lang, P. et al. 2007. Molecular evidence for an Asian origin and a unique westward migration of species in the genus Castanea via Europe to North America. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 43:49-59.
Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:88. Note: = Castanea bungeana Blume
Nishio, S. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity of Japanese chestnut cultivars assessed by SSR markers. Breed. Sci. 61:109-120.
Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Viéitez, F. J. & S. A. Merkle. 2005. Chapter 9.1. Castanea spp. Chestnut. Biotechnol. Agric. 29:265-296.
Vu Van Dung, ed. 1996. Vietnam forest trees. 251.
Worthen, L. M. et al. 2010. Breeding American chestnuts for blight resistance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 33:305-339.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	Chinese chestnut		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Chinese hairy chestnut		1	Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Chinese	ban li	板栗	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	châtaignier de Chine		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	chinesische Kastanie		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	shinaguri		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Spanish	castaño chino		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Qinghai Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shandong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea			Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		wild?	Vu Van Dung, ed. 1996. Vietnam forest trees. 251.
2	Cultivated					widely cult.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Vu Van Dung, ed. 1996. Vietnam forest trees. 251.
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States			FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
4	Naturalized					widely natzd.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
6	Other					exact native range obscure	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Vietnam (wild?)

Cultivated

REGION:

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Vietnam

Northern America

REGION: United States

Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (exact native range obscure)

Reference(s)

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
Vu Van Dung, ed. 1996. Vietnam forest trees. 251.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food	nut		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9442. Accessed 17 April 2026.