Castanea Miller
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FFBD-FFBF-CD53-F5B64EF8C4F8 |
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Plazi |
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Castanea Miller |
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2. Castanea Miller View in CoL 1
Deciduous trees or shrubs. Buds ovoid. Flowers entomophilous, in erect catkins, male in the upper, female in the lower part of the same catkin. Male flowers with 6-partite perianth; stamens 10-20. Female flowers usually 3 in each cupule; ovary 6-locular; styles 7-9. Fruit a large, brown, coriaceous nut, 1-3 together in an accrescent spiny cupule which dehisces irregularly by 2-4 valves. Germination hypogeal.
Usually a tree; leaves 10-25 cm, coarsely and very sharply serrate
1. sativa Usually a shrub; leaves 8-16 cm, crenate-serrate 2. crenata
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