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A synoptic account of the Fagaceae of Thailand

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A SYNOPTIC ACCOUNT OF THE FAGACEAE OF THAILAND (C. PHENGKLAI) 57<br />

29. Nuts (2–)3 per cupule, <strong>the</strong> latter enclosing two-thirds to three-quarters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nut. Leaves<br />

obtuse at base and apex 5. C. brevispinula<br />

28. Nuts longer than broad<br />

30. Leaves oblong, elliptic, ovate or obovate.<br />

31. Leaves serrate. Nuts conical or ovoid, usually curved to one longitudinal side. Cupules<br />

usually in cluster 2-3 17. C. indica<br />

31. Leaves entire. Nuts globular or conical, slightly flattened on adaxial side. Cupules always<br />

solitary 27. C. rhamnifolia<br />

30. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, rarely elliptic or ovate<br />

32. Adaxial side <strong>of</strong> young cupules with one glabrous, narrow stripe from apex to <strong>the</strong> base<br />

9. C. crassifolia<br />

32. Adaxial and <strong>the</strong> opposite sides <strong>of</strong> young cupules with irregularly diffuse hairs throughout<br />

12. C. ferox<br />

1. Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A.DC, J. Bot. 1: 182. 1863; Hickel & A.Camus in<br />

H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 1012. 1930; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 162. 1940; Barnett,<br />

Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 34: 336. 1944; Soepadmo in Fl. Males. 7(2): 307. 1972;<br />

Soepadmo, Julia & Go, Fl. Sabah, 3: 7. 2000.— Castanea acuminatissima Blume, Mus. Bot.<br />

1: 283. 1850.— C. sessilifolia Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 284. 1850.— Quercus lineata Miq. (non<br />

Blume), Pl. Jungh. 1: 10. 1851.— Q. junghuhnii Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 853. 1856; Craib,<br />

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 471; Craib, Con. Fl. Siam, Aberd. Univ.: 199. 1912.— Q.<br />

fargiformis Jungh., Bonplandia (Hannover) 6: 83.1858.—Q. acuminatissima (Blume) A.DC.<br />

in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 102. 1864; Backer & Bakh.f.; Fl. Java 2: 6. 1965.— Pasania<br />

acuminatissima (A.DC) Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn<br />

1866: 83. 1866; Ridley. Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 386. 1924.— Synaedrys fargiformis (Jungh.)<br />

Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 187. 1916.— Castanopsis bejaudii A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Natl.<br />

Hist. Nat., II, 13: 479. 1942.<br />

<strong>Thailand</strong>.— NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Tak, Phitsanulok; NORTHEASTERN:<br />

Phetchabun, Loei; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTHWESTERN:<br />

Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok; SOUTHEASTERN: Chanthaburi. PENINSULAR:<br />

Yala.<br />

Distribution.— India, Myanma, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia (type), Taiwan,<br />

Japan, New Guinea.<br />

Ecology.— Lowland evergreen forest, lower montane forest, and mixed deciduous<br />

forest, on granite and limestone bedrock.<br />

Vernacular.— Ko dueai (°àÕ‡¥◊Õ¬), ko nam (°àÕÀπ“¡), ko laem (°àÕ·À≈¡) (Nor<strong>the</strong>rn); ko it<br />

( °àÕÕ‘¥), ko mad (°àÕÀ¡—¥), ko daeng (°àÕ·¥ß), (North-eastern); ko kin nuai (°àÕ°‘πÀπ૬) (Eastern).<br />

U s e s.— Nuts edible, a pioneer species suitable for forest rehabilitation.<br />

2. Castanopsis argentea (Blume) A.DC., J. Bot. 1: 182. 1863; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 2: 4.<br />

1965; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 179. 1940; Barnett, Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh<br />

34: 336. 1944; Soepadmo in Fl. Males. 7(2): 311. 1972.— Fagus argentea Blume, Flora 7:

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