Castanopsis hystrix

Taxobox
name = "Castanopsis hystrix"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Fagaceae
genus = "Castanopsis"
species = "C. hystrix"
binomial = "Castanopsis hystrix"
binomial_authority = A.DC.
synonyms ="Castanea purpurella" Miq.
"Castanopsis purpurella" (Miq.) N. P. Balakr.

"Castanopsis hystrix" is a species of evergreen broadleaf tree, which grows up to 30 meters in height.

The tree is found in subtropical broadleaved evergreen forests, ranging from the eastern Himalayas of Nepal, Bhutan, and northeastern India, across Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, southwestern Hunan, southeastern Tibet, and southern Yunnan), and Taiwan. It ranges up to 2400 meters elevation in the Himalayas, and 0 to 1600 meters elevation in southern China. It thrives in moist soils, and is often found in association with trees of family Lauraceae.

External links

* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Castanopsis+hystrix "Castanopsis hystrix (Plants for a Future Database)]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006242 "Castanopsis hystrix" in Flora of China]