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buckeyes and horse-chestnuts
Aesculus
The genus Aesculus (/ˈɛskjʊləs/ or /ˈaɪskjʊləs/), with varieties called buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with six species native to North America and seven to 13 species native to Eurasia. Also, several hybrids occur. Aesculus exhibits a classical arcto-Tertiary distribution.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
horse-chestnut
speciesAesculus hippocastanum
California buckeye
speciesAesculus californica
Red Buckeye
speciesAesculus pavia
Ohio buckeye
speciesAesculus glabra
yellow buckeye
speciesAesculus flava
Red horse-chestnut
hybridAesculus × carnea
bottlebrush buckeye
speciesAesculus parviflora
painted buckeye
speciesAesculus sylvatica
lower california buckeye
speciesAesculus parryi
Indian Horse-chestnut
speciesAesculus indica
Japanese Horse-chestnut
speciesAesculus turbinata
Chinese Horse-chestnut
speciesAesculus chinensis
Aesculus × mutabilis
hybridAesculus × mutabilis
Mississippi Buckeye
hybridAesculus × bushii
Assam Buckeye
speciesAesculus assamica
Aesculus × hybrida
hybridAesculus × hybrida
Aesculus × neglecta
hybridAesculus × neglecta
Aesculus × marylandica
hybridAesculus × marylandica
Aesculus × arnoldiana
hybridAesculus × arnoldiana
Aesculus × woerlitzensis
hybridAesculus × woerlitzensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53350.