List of Castanopsis species explained

Plants of the World Online^[1] recognizes about 143 accepted species in the plant genus Castanopsis of the beech family Fagaceae. Individual species are described in detail on www.asianfagaceae.com.^[2]

A

• Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A. DC. (= Castanea acuminatissima Blume, Quercus junghuhnii Miq.) – Bangladesh to Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, and Papuasia.
• Castanopsis amabilis W.C.Cheng & C.S.Chao – China (southwest Guangxi)
• Castanopsis annamensis Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam and south-central China
• Castanopsis argentea (Blume) A. DC. (= Castanea argentea (Blume) Blume) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java
• Castanopsis argyrophylla King ex Hook. f. – Bangladesh and Indochina to China (southern Yunnan)
• Castanopsis arietina Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis armata (Roxb.) Spach – Arunachal Pradesh and Bangladesh to Indochina

B

• Castanopsis birmanica A.Camus – Myanmar
• Castanopsis boisii Hickel & A.Camus – China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Hainan) and Vietnam
• Castanopsis borneensis King – Borneo
• Castanopsis brevispinula Hickel & A.Camus – northern Thailand and Laos
• Castanopsis buruana Miq. – northern Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku

C

• Castanopsis calathiformis (Skan) Rehder & E.H.Wilson – Assam to Indochina and China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis cambodiana A.Chev. Cambodia
• Castanopsis carlesii (Hemsl.) Hayata (= Quercus carlesii Hemsl.) – southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam
• Castanopsis castanicarpa (Roxb.) Spach Bangladesh and Myanmar
• Castanopsis catappifolia King ex Hook.f. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis ceratacantha Rehder & E.H.Wilson – Indochina and south-central China
• Castanopsis cerebrina (Hickel & A.Camus) Barnett – south-central China and northern Indochina
• Castanopsis chapaensis Luong – Vietnam
• Castanopsis chevalieri Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis chinensis (Spreng.) Hance – southern China, southern Taiwan, Vietnam
• Castanopsis choboensis Hickel & A.Camus – China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi) and Vietnam
• Castanopsis chunii W.C.Cheng – southern China
• Castanopsis clarkei King ex Hook f. – Bhutan to Indochina
• Castanopsis clemensii Soepadmo – Borneo (Sabah)
• Castanopsis concinna (Champ. ex Benth.) A.DC. – China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong)
• Castanopsis costata (Blume) A.DC. – Thailand and western Malesia
• Castanopsis crassifolia Hickel & A.Camus – China (Guangxi) and Indochina
• Castanopsis cryptoneuron (H.Lév.) A.Camus – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis curtisii King – Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis cuspidata (Thunb.) Schottky – South Korea (Jeju) and southern and central Japan

D

• Castanopsis delavayi Franch. – southern China
• Castanopsis densinervia Soepadmo – northern Borneo
• Castanopsis densispinosa Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis diversifolia (Kurz) King ex Hook. f. (= Castanea diversifolia Kurz) – Indochina and China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis dongchoenensis Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis dongnaiensis Son & Ngoc – Vietnam

E

• Castanopsis echinocarpa Miq. – Nepal to Indochina and southern China
• Castanopsis echinophora A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis endertii Hatus. ex Soepadmo – Borneo
• Castanopsis evansii Elmer – northern and eastern Borneo, Philippines (Palawan)
• Castanopsis eyrei (Champ. ex Benth.) Tutcher (= Castanopsis caudata Franch., Quercus eyrei Champ. ex Benth.) – southern China and Taiwan

F

• Castanopsis faberi Hance (= Castanopsis stellatospina Hayata) – south-central and southeastern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam
• Castanopsis fargesii Franch. (= Castanopsis taiwaniana Hayata) – southern China and Taiwan
• Castanopsis ferox (Roxb.) Spach – Sikkim to Indochina and China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis fissa (Champ. ex Benth.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson – southeastern China to Indochina
• Castanopsis fleuryi Hickel & A.Camus – Laos, China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis fordii Hance – southern China and northern Thailand
• Castanopsis foxworthyi Schottky – Peninsular Malaysia and western Borneo
• Castanopsis fulva Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo

G

• Castanopsis gamblei Hickel & A.Camus – Laos to northwestern Vietnam
• Castanopsis glabra Merr. – Philippines (Leyte)
• Castanopsis glabrifolia J.Q.Li & Li Chen – Hainan
• Castanopsis grandicicatricata N.H.Xia & D.H.Vuong – Vietnam
• Castanopsis griffithii A.Camus – Myanmar
• Castanopsis guinieri A.Camus – Vietnam

H

• Castanopsis hainanensis Merr. – Hainan
• Castanopsis harmandii – Laos
• Castanopsis hsiensiui J.Q.Li & Li Chen – Hainan
• Castanopsis hupehensis C.S.Chao – China (Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Hubei)
• Castanopsis hypophoenicea (Seemen) Soepadmo – Borneo

I

• Castanopsis indica (Roxb. ex Lindl.) A. DC. – Nepal to Indochina, southern China, and Taiwan
• Castanopsis inermis (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook. f. (= Callaeocarpus sumatrana Miq., Castanea inermis Lindl., Castanopsis sumatrana (Miq.) A. DC.) – Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Philippines

J

• Castanopsis javanica (Blume) A. DC. (= Castanea javanica (Blume) Blume, Fagus javanica Blume, Quercus discocarpa Hance, Quercus javanica (Blume) Drake) – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java
• Castanopsis jianfenglingensis Duanmu – Hainan
• Castanopsis jinpingensis J.Q.Li & Li Chen – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis johorensis Soepadmo – Peninsular Malaysia (Johor)
• Castanopsis jucunda Hance – southern China

K

• Castanopsis kawakamii Hayata – southeastern China, Taiwan, Vietnam
• Castanopsis kweichowensis Hu – China (Guizhou, Guangxi)

L

• Castanopsis lamontii Hance – southern China and Vietnam
• Castanopsis lanceifolia (Oerst.) Hickel & A. Camus – Nepal to Indochina
• Castanopsis lecomtei Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis longipes A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis longipetiolata Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis longispina (King ex Hook.f.) C.C.Huang & Y.T.Zhang – eastern Himalayas and Tibet
• Castanopsis lucida (Nees) Soepadmo – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo

M

• Castanopsis malaccensis Gamble – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
• Castanopsis malipoensis C.C.Huang ex J.Q.Li & Li Chen – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis megacarpa Gamble – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
• Castanopsis mekongensis A.Camus – China (Yunnan), Laos, and Vietnam
• Castanopsis microphylla Soepadmo – Borneo
• Castanopsis motleyana King – Borneo, Philippines
• Castanopsis multiporcata N.H.Xia & D.H.Vuong – Vietnam

N

• Castanopsis namdinhensis Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
• Castanopsis neocavaleriei A.Camus – China (Guizhou)
• Castanopsis nephelioides King ex Hook f. – Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis nhatrangensis Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis ninhhoensis Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam

O

• Castanopsis oblonga Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis oliefera G.A.Fu – Hainan
• Castanopsis oligoneura Soepadmo – Borneo (Sabah)
• Castanopsis orthacantha Franch. – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis ouonbiensis Hickel & A.Camus – China (southeastern and Yunnan) and Vietnam
• Castanopsis oviformis Soepadmo – Borneo

P

• Castanopsis pathakii Shankh.Mitra, Ranjan & D.Maity – Arunachal Pradesh
• Castanopsis paucispina Soepadmo – western Borneo
• Castanopsis pedunculata Soepadmo – northern Borneo
• Castanopsis philipensis (Blanco) S. Vidal (= Fagus philipensis Blanco) – Philippines
• Castanopsis phuthoensis Luong – Vietnam
• Castanopsis pierrei Hance – Cambodia and Thailand
• Castanopsis piriformis Hickel & A.Camus – Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
• Castanopsis platyacantha Rehder & E.H.Wilson – China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan)
• Castanopsis poilanei Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis pseudohystrix Phengklai – Thailand
• Castanopsis psilophylla Soepadmo – Borneo, Philippines (Palawan)
• Castanopsis purpurea Barnett – Thailand
• Castanopsis purpurella (Miq.) N.P.Balakr. – Nepal to northern Indochina, southern China, and Taiwan
  • Castanopsis purpurella subsp. laotica (Hickel & A.Camus) Govaerts – Laos
  • Castanopsis purpurella subsp. purpurella (= Castanopsis hystrix Miq.) – Nepal to northern Indochina, southern China, and Taiwan

Q

• Castanopsis qiongbeiensis G.A.Fu – Hainan

R

• Castanopsis remotidenticulata Hu – China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis rhamnifolia (Miq.) A.DC. – Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
• Castanopsis ridleyi Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis rockii A.Camus – China (Yunnan) and northern Indochina
• Castanopsis rufotomentosa Hu – China (Yunnan)

S

• Castanopsis schefferiana Hance – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and northeastern Sumatra
• Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl. & Paxton) Schottky (= Quercus chinensis C. Abel, Quercus sclerophylla Lindl. & Paxton) – southern China
• Castanopsis scortechinii Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis selangorensis A.Camus – Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis semifabri X.M.Chen & B.P.Yu – Hainan
• Castanopsis siamensis Duanmu – northern Thailand
• Castanopsis sieboldii (Makino) Hatus. (= Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii (Makino) Nakai, Pasania cuspidata var. sieboldii Makino) – South Korea, central and southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands
• Castanopsis symmetricupulata Luong – Vietnam

T

• Castanopsis tcheponensis Hickel & A.Camus – China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar
• Castanopsis tessellata Hickel & A. Camus – China (Yunnan), Vietnam, and Laos
• Castanopsis thaiensis Phengklai – northern Thailand
• Castanopsis tibetana Hance – Tibet and southern China
• Castanopsis tonkinensis Seemen – southern China, Hainan, and Vietnam
• Castanopsis torulosa Hickel & A. Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis touranensis Hickel & A. Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis tranninhensis Hickel & A. Camus – Laos
• Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A. DC. (= Quercus tribuloides Sm.) – west-central Himalayas to Indochina and south-central China
• Castanopsis trichocarpa G.A.Fu – Hainan
• Castanopsis trinervis (H.Lév.) A.Camus – China (Guizhou)
• Castanopsis tungurrut (Blume) A. DC. (= Castanea tungurrut Blume) – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java

U

• Castanopsis undulatifolia G.A.Fu – Hainan

W

• Castanopsis wallichii King ex Hook f. – Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
• Castanopsis wattii (King ex Hook.f.) A.Camus – Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, China (Yunnan)
• Castanopsis wenchangensis G.A.Fu & C.C.Huang – Hainan
• Castanopsis wilsonii Hickel & A.Camus – Vietnam
• Castanopsis wuzhishanensis G.A.Fu – Hainan

X

• Castanopsis xichouensis C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang – China (Yunnan)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.. 4 March 2023. Plants of the World Online.
2. Web site: Strijk. J.S.. September 4, 2018. Castanopsis - On: asianfagaceae.com – The complete database for information on the evolutionary history, diversity, identification and conservation of over 700 Species of Asian trees.. May 4, 2021. Asian Fagaceae.