- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274193-2
- Species Name
- Castanea pumila (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Castanea no. 2. [textus s.n.] (1768).
- Publication
- Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. New York
- Collation
- 49(9): 265
- Date of Publication
- Sep 1922
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Fagaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W.W.Ashe s.n.
- Collection Date
- Oct 1921
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype MO
- Chosen By
- G.P.Johnson J. Arnold Arbor. 69(1): 42. 1988 [11 Jan 1988]
- Distribution Of Types
- Sabine County (Louisiana, Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)
Remarks
Etymology: none given; presumably named after his wife, Margaret. Epithet not correctible: assumed to be based on a nickname, Margaretta, used as a noun lacking a termination.