Castanea Mill.
(sweet chestnuts)

Interactions where Castanea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Dryocosmus kuriphilus Chestnut Gall Wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Oriental chestnut gall wasp, Woodland Trust
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Dryocosmus kuriphilus/Dryocosmus kuriphiluschestnut gall wasplarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea/Castaneasweet chestnutsliveleafSole larva causes gall of live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Woodland TrustOriental chestnut gall waspwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/tree-diseases-and-pests/key-threats/oriental-chestnut-gall-wasp/

Castanea (sweet chestnuts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 297 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCastanea (sweet chestnuts)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Castanea (sweet chestnuts)

Castanea (sweet chestnuts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Castanea (sweet chestnuts):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Castanea (sweet chestnuts)
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