Editing Chestnut (section)

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{About||other uses of "chestnut"|Chestnut (disambiguation)|other uses of "chinquapin" or "chinkapin"|Chinquapin (disambiguation)|other uses of "Castanea"|Castanea (disambiguation)}}

{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Chestnut
| image = Châtaignier 120807 1.jpg
| image_caption = Sweet chestnut (''[[Castanea sativa]]'')
| image2 = Chestnuts at Ljubljana Central Market.JPG
| image2_caption = The edible nut being sold at a market
| taxon = Castanea
| authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision       =
* ''[[Castanea crenata]]''
* ''[[Castanea dentata]]''
* ''[[Castanea henryi]]''
* ''[[Castanea mollissima]]''
* ''[[Castanea ozarkensis]]''
* ''[[Castanea pumila]]''
* ''[[Chrysolepis chrysophylla|Castanea chrysophylla]]''
* ''[[Castanea sativa]]''
* ''[[Castanea seguinii]]''
}}

The '''chestnuts''' are the [[deciduous]] trees and [[shrub]]s in the [[genus]] '''''Castanea''''', in the [[beech]] family [[Fagaceae]]. The name also refers to the edible [[nut (fruit)|nuts]] they produce.<ref name="foc">{{eFloras|2|105816|Castanea|family=Fagaceae|first1=Chengjiu|last1=Huang|first2=Yongtian|last2=Zhang|first3=Bruce|last3=Bartholomew}}</ref><ref name="fna">{{eFloras|1|105816|Castanea|family=Fagaceae|first=Kevin C.|last=Nixon}}</ref><ref name="fe">{{Flora Europaea|genus=Castanea}}</ref> They are native to [[temperate climate|temperate]] regions of the Northern Hemisphere.