Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea, Myanmar; introduced into Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio, Taiwan, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 11977

May 31, 2012

Location

China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou (Lin'an)

30.323917, 119.448611

Location Remarks

TianMu Shan National Nature Reserve. West TianMuShan. ZhaoXiXiang, NingAn City. Roadside and trail through deciduous forest just north of Fu Yu Resort. 379 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford

Notes

Tree 6 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Fagaceae

Genus

Castanea

Specific Epithet

mollissima

Authorship

Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#169,706 of 335,497

Top 51%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →