Chestnut

Chestnut
	Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
	The edible nut being sold at a market
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Subfamily:	Castaneoideae
Genus:	; Mill.
Species
	Castanea crenata; Castanea dentata; Castanea henryi; Castanea mollissima; Castanea ozarkensis; Castanea pumila; Castanea chrysophylla; Castanea sativa; Castanea seguinii;

The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.^[1]^[2]^[3] They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

^ Huang, Chengjiu; Zhang, Yongtian; Bartholomew, Bruce. "Castanea". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Castanea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ "Castanea". Flora Europaea. Edinburgh: Royal Botanical Garden. 2008.

[foc-1] Huang, Chengjiu; Zhang, Yongtian; Bartholomew, Bruce. "Castanea". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[fna-2] Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Castanea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[fe-3] "Castanea". Flora Europaea. Edinburgh: Royal Botanical Garden. 2008.

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