''Castanea'' × ''neglecta'', the chinknut, is a named hybrid

chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Description ...

tree; it is a cross between ''

Castanea dentata The American chestnut (''Castanea dentata'') is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. As is true of all species in the genus '' Castanea'', the American chestnut produces burred fruit with ed ...

'' (American chestnut) and ''

Castanea pumila ''Castanea pumila'', commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan language, Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Massachuset ...

'' (Allegany chinquapin). It was first formally named by Louis-Albert Dode in 1908. The chinknut is native to the southeastern United States.

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* neglecta Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1908 {{Fagales-stub