Chinquapins
Castanopsis
Castanopsis, commonly called chinquapin or chinkapin, is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae. The genus contains about 120 species, which are today restricted to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia. A total of 58 species are native to China, with 30 endemic; the other species occur further south, through Indochina to Indonesia, and also in Japan. The English name chinkapin is shared with other related plants, including the golden chinkapins of the...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Castanopsis carlesii
speciesCastanopsis carlesii
Castanopsis fissa
speciesCastanopsis fissa
Itajii chinkapin
speciesCastanopsis sieboldii
Castanopsis indica
speciesCastanopsis indica
Castanopsis uraiana
speciesCastanopsis uraiana
Castanopsis fargesii
speciesCastanopsis fargesii
Castanopsis argentea
speciesCastanopsis argentea
Castanopsis faberi
speciesCastanopsis faberi
Castanopsis formosana
speciesCastanopsis formosana
Castanopsis kawakamii
speciesCastanopsis kawakamii
Castanopsis sclerophylla
speciesCastanopsis sclerophylla
Castanopsis eyrei
speciesCastanopsis eyrei
Japanese Chinquapin
speciesCastanopsis cuspidata
Castanopsis chinensis
speciesCastanopsis chinensis
Castanopsis lamontii
speciesCastanopsis lamontii
Castanopsis tibetana
speciesCastanopsis tibetana
Castanopsis hystrix
speciesCastanopsis hystrix
Castanopsis concinna
speciesCastanopsis concinna
Castanopsis fordii
speciesCastanopsis fordii
Papua New Guinea Chinquapin
speciesCastanopsis acuminatissima
Castanopsis inermis
speciesCastanopsis inermis
Castanopsis jucunda
speciesCastanopsis jucunda
Castanopsis delavayi
speciesCastanopsis delavayi
Castanopsis tribuloides
speciesCastanopsis tribuloides
Castanopsis megacarpa
speciesCastanopsis megacarpa
Castanopsis lucida
speciesCastanopsis lucida
Castanopsis mekongensis
speciesCastanopsis mekongensis
Castanopsis schefferiana
speciesCastanopsis schefferiana
Castanopsis javanica
speciesCastanopsis javanica
Castanopsis tungurrut
speciesCastanopsis tungurrut
Castanopsis orthacantha
speciesCastanopsis orthacantha
Castanopsis jianfenglingensis
speciesCastanopsis jianfenglingensis
Castanopsis platyacantha
speciesCastanopsis platyacantha
Castanopsis echinocarpa
speciesCastanopsis echinocarpa
Castanopsis wallichii
speciesCastanopsis wallichii
Castanopsis tonkinensis
speciesCastanopsis tonkinensis
Castanopsis buruana
speciesCastanopsis buruana
Castanopsis nephelioides
speciesCastanopsis nephelioides
Castanopsis calathiformis
speciesCastanopsis calathiformis
Castanopsis wattii
speciesCastanopsis wattii
Castanopsis clarkei
speciesCastanopsis clarkei
Castanopsis cerebrina
speciesCastanopsis cerebrina
Castanopsis chunii
speciesCastanopsis chunii
Castanopsis hupehensis
speciesCastanopsis hupehensis
Castanopsis malaccensis
speciesCastanopsis malaccensis
Castanopsis curtisii
speciesCastanopsis curtisii
Castanopsis corallocarpus
speciesCastanopsis corallocarpus
Castanopsis piriformis
speciesCastanopsis piriformis
Castanopsis clemensii
speciesCastanopsis clemensii
Castanopsis ceratacantha
speciesCastanopsis ceratacantha
Castanopsis motleyana
speciesCastanopsis motleyana
Castanopsis pierrei
speciesCastanopsis pierrei
Castanopsis diversifolia
speciesCastanopsis diversifolia
Castanopsis philipensis
speciesCastanopsis philipensis
Castanopsis rufotomentosa
speciesCastanopsis rufotomentosa
Castanopsis armata
speciesCastanopsis armata
Castanopsis fleuryi
speciesCastanopsis fleuryi
Castanopsis scortechinii
speciesCastanopsis scortechinii
Castanopsis lecomtei
speciesCastanopsis lecomtei
Castanopsis boisii
speciesCastanopsis boisii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184286.