Aesculus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Aesculus

buckeye
horse-chestnut

Hierarchical position of the Genus Aesculus

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Sapindales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 43. 1829.
  
   Familia  Hippocastanaceae DC.
pub. Prodr. 1: 597. Jan 1824.
common name: Horse-chestnut, Buckeyes
  
   Tribus  Aesculeae Baill.
pub. Hist. Pl. 5: 378, 424. Dec 1874.
  
   Genus  Aesculus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: buckeye
  

Named members of the Genus Aesculus

1
   Species  arguta Buckl.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. arguta
2
   Species  austrina Small
syn. Aesculus pavia var. pavia
3
   Species  californica (Spach) Nutt.
common name: California buckeye
  
4
   Species  discolor Pursh
 
5
   Varietas  mollis (Raf.) Sarg.
syn. Aesculus pavia var. pavia
6
   Species  dupontii Sarg.
syn. Aesculus �worlitzensis
7
   Species  flava Ait.
common name: yellow buckeye
8
   Species  georgiana Sarg.
syn. Aesculus sylvatica
9
   Species  glabra Willd.
common name: Ohio buckeye, fetid buckeye
  
 
10
   Varietas  arguta (Buckl.) B.L. Robins.
common name: Ohio buckeye
11
   Varietas  buckleyi Sarg.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. arguta
12
   Varietas  glabra
common name: Ohio buckeye
13
   Varietas  leucodermis Sarg.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. glabra
14
   Varietas  micrantha Sarg.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. glabra
15
   Varietas  monticola Sarg.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. glabra
16
   Varietas  pallida (Willd.) Kirchn.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. glabra
17
   Varietas  sargentii Rehd.
syn. Aesculus glabra var. glabra
18
   Species  hippocastanum L.
common name: horse-chestnut
  
19
   Species  octandra Marsh.
common name: yellow buckeye
  
 
20
   Varietas  vestita Sarg.
syn. Aesculus flava
21
   Varietas  virginica Sarg.
syn. Aesculus flava
22
   Species  parviflora Walt.
common name: bottlebrush buckeye, dwarf buckeye
  
23
   Species  pavia L.
common name: red buckeye
  
 
24
   Varietas  discolor (Pursh) Gray
syn. Aesculus pavia var. pavia
25
   Varietas  flavescens (Sarg.) Correll
common name: red buckeye
26
   Varietas  pavia
common name: red buckeye
27
   Species  splendens Sarg.
syn. Aesculus pavia var. pavia
28
   Species  sylvatica Bartr.
 
29
   Varietas  lanceolata (Sarg.) Bartr.
syn. Aesculus sylvatica
30
   Species  turbinata Blume
common name: Japanese horse-chestnut
31
   Species  x bushii Schneid. (pro sp.)
32
   Species  x carnea Hayne
common name: red horse-chestnut
  
33
   Species  x glaucescens Sarg.
syn. Aesculus �neglecta
34
   Species  x harbisonii Sarg.
syn. Aesculus �mutabilis
35
   Species  x hybrida DC. (pro sp.)
36
   Species  x marylandica Booth ex Kirchn.
37
   Species  x mississippiensis Sarg.
syn. Aesculus �bushii
38
   Species  x mutabilis (Spach) Scheele
39
   Species  x neglecta Lindl. (pro sp.)
40
   Species  x worlitzensis Koehne (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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