Introductory
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

Related categories for Species: Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinkapin