Taxon: Castanopsis purpurella (Miq.) N. P. Balakr.

Common names:

• hong zhui   (Source: F ChinaEng as C. hystrix)
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: wood   (fide F Bhutan, as Castanopsis hystrix; Wealth India RM ed2, as Castanopsis hystrix)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian [s.e.], Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan [s.w.], Xizang [s.e.], Yunnan [s.]
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India - Assam, Sikkim; Nepal
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam

References:

• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. (L Fagales)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= C. hystrix].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Castanopsis purpurella.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Castanopsis purpurella. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Castanea purpurella Miq. (basionym)
  
• (=) Castanopsis hystrix Miq.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other databases for Castanopsis purpurella (Miq.) N. P. Balakr.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images 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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