Castanea
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
Kastanie
Monoecious, deciduous trees. Leaves serrate with aristate teeth. Male flowers in erect catkins; female flowers in the lower part of the same catkin. Male flowers: perianth 6-lobed; stamens 10-20. Female flowers: c. 3 in each cupule; ovary 6-locular; styles 7-9. Fruit 1-3, brown, completely enclosed in a prickly cupule, which splits into 2-4 valves. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Fagaceae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
11.11%
1 of 9 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- b91805c7-0cc3-4253-9d29-98153c3b1003
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility