Taxon: Chrysolepis chrysophylla (Douglas ex Hook.) Hjelmq.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla (no accessions)
• Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor (no accessions)

Common names:

• giant chinquapin   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• giant golden chinkapin   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• golden chinkapin   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• golden-chestnut   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide AH 519)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

• also cultivated

References:

• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [= Castanopsis chrysophylla (Douglas ex Hook.) A. DC.].
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chrysolepis chrysophylla.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chrysolepis chrysophylla.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Chrysolepis chrysophylla.

Synonyms:

• Castanea chrysophylla Douglas ex Hook. [≡ Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla]
  
• Castanea chrysophylla var. minor Benth. [≡ Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor]
  
• Castanopsis chrysophylla (Douglas ex Hook.) A. DC. [≡ Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Chrysolepis chrysophylla (Douglas ex Hook.) Hjelmq.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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