Family Code: FAGACE Genus Code: CASTA Genus CN: chestnut Genus Authority: Mill. Genus Summary: A genus of 8-10 species, trees and shrubs, of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Genus References: Johnson (1988)=Z; Nixon in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Stanford (1998). Key adapted from Z, in part. Last Updated: 2019-11-29 Publish: 1