Castanea

See also: castanea, castañea, and castañeá

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castanea.

Proper noun

Castanea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – chestnuts.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fagales – order; Fagaceae – family; Quercoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut) - type species; Castanea crenata (Japanese chestnut), Castanea dentata (American chestnut), Castanea henryi (Chinese chinkapin), Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut), Castanea ozarkensis (Ozark chinkapin), Castanea pumila (Allegheny chinkapin), Castanea seguinii (Seguin's chestnut) - other species; Castanea × neglecta - nothospecies

References

• Chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castanea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Castanea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Castanea at USDA Plants database
• Castanea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Castanea at the Catalogue of Life 
• Castanea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Quercoideae at APWeb
• Castanea at The Plant List
• “Castanea”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025