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Castanopsis (Castanea and opsis, chestnut-like) Fagaceae. Ornamental trees or shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome evergreen foliage.
Castanopsis (Castanea and opsis, chestnut-like) Fagaceae. Ornamental trees or shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome evergreen foliage.
Closely allied to Castanea, but pistillate fls. usually on separate catkins, sometimes solitary; ovary 3-celled. fr. ripening the second year: involucre sometimes tuberculate; winter-buds with many scales; terminal bud present: lvs. evergreen, entire or dentate.—About 25 species, chiefly in the tropical and subtropical mountains of Asia, and 1 in W. N. Amer., which is the hardiest, and is sometimes cult.; also several Chinese species have been recently intro. into cult., but their names have not yet been determined. For prop, see Castanea.
Closely allied to Castanea, but pistillate fls. usually on separate catkins, sometimes solitary; ovary 3-celled. fr. ripening the second year: involucre sometimes tuberculate; winter-buds with many scales; terminal bud present: lvs. evergreen, entire or dentate.—About 25 species, chiefly in the tropical and subtropical mountains of Asia, and 1 in W. N. Amer., which is the hardiest, and is sometimes cult.; also several Chinese species have been recently intro. into cult., but their names have not yet been determined. For prop, see Castanea.