Dwarf chestnut (Castanea seguinii)
Description
Castanea seguinii is a small tree or shrub that rarely reaches a stature height of 12 meters. The stipules are 0.7 to 1.5 inches tall, narrow lanceolate and fall off during ripening. The petiole is 0.5 to 1.5 inches long. The leaf blade is 6 to 14 inches tall and oblong-obovate to elliptic-oblong. The underside is covered with yellowish-brown or greyish, scale-like glands and has a slight hairiness in young leaves along the leaf veins . The leaf base is rounded to occasionally almost heart-shaped, the leaf margin is roughly sawn and the tip of the leaf pointed. Male inflorescencesare 5 to 12 inches tall. Female flowers are one or only a few fruit cups . The fruit cup has a diameter of 3-5 centimeters. He is covered with sparsely hairy and thorn-like, 6 to 10 millimeter bracts . For each fruit cup are usually 2 or 3, rarely more nut fruits available. These have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 centimeters. Castanea seguinii is endemic to China and is found in the provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang. The species grows in mesophytic mixed forests, woody stands and orchards at altitudes of 400 to 2000 m.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Fagales
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Family: Fagaceae
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Genus: Castanea
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