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SPECIES: Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinkapin
ABBREVIATION : CASPUM SYNONYMS : Castanea alabamensis Ashe [4] C. alnifolia Nutt. [8] C. alnifolia var. floridana Sarg. [8] C. ashei Sudw. [8,16] C. floridana (Sarg.) Ashe [8] C. ozarkensis Ashe [13] C. ozarkensis var. arkansana Ashe [13] SCS PLANT CODE : CAPU9 COMMON NAMES : Allegheny chinkapin Ozark chinkapin chinkapin chinquapin TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name for Allegheny chinkapin is Castanea pumila (L.) Mill. (Fagaceae) [4,8,16]. This highly variable species has a number of infrataxa which have sometimes been given separate species status [4,10,11,32,33]. Johnson [10,11] and Tucker [33] agree that most, and probably all, chinkapins should be treated as a single species. Currently accepted varieties include the following: Castanea pumila var. pumila C. pumila var. ashei Sudw. [13,22] coastal chinkapin C. pumila var. ozarkensis (Ashe) Tucker [10,13,34] Ozark chinkapin Allegheny chinkapin and American chestnut (Castanea dentata) hybridize to form C. xneglecta Dode [16]. LIFE FORM : Tree, Shrub FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : No special status OTHER STATUS : NO-ENTRY COMPILED BY AND DATE : Janet Sullivan, March 1994 LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : NO-ENTRY AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : Sullivan, Janet. 1994. Castanea pumila. In: Remainder of Citation

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