Castanea: Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. It was established in 1936 and covers the botany of the eastern United States, in particular systematics, floristics, ecology, physiology, and biochemistry. The journal name Castanea comes from the genus of chestnuts that were fresh in the minds of the founders of the society when the journal was established; the chestnut blight ravaged the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata, in the early part of the twentieth century and drastically changed the plant communities of the Appalachians.

Castanea：南阿巴拉契亞植物學會期刊是由南阿巴拉契亞植物學會出版的季刊同行評審科學期刊。 它成立于1936年，涵蓋美國東部的植物學，特別是系統學，植物學，生態學，生理學和生物化學。 期刊名稱Castanea來自栗子屬，在該期刊成立時，這些栗子屬于社會創始人心中的新鮮事物; 在二十世紀早期，板栗枯萎蹂躪了美洲板栗（Castanea dentata），并徹底改變了阿巴拉契亞山脈的植物群落。