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Aesculus hippocastanum L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 344 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000522287.

Synonyms of Aesculus hippocastanum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pawia hippocastanum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 146 (1891) wfo-0000471660
Aesculus asplenifolia Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs : 12 (1842) wfo-0000522239
Aesculus castanea Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 197. 1782 wfo-0000522252
Aesculus hippocastanum var. beaumanii C.K.Schneid. wfo-0000522288
Aesculus hippocastanum f. beaumanii (C.K.Schneid.) Dole Fl. Vermont, ed. 3 185. 1937 wfo-0000522289
Aesculus memmingeri K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 506 (1869) wfo-0000522309
Aesculus procera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 280 (1796) wfo-0000522352
Aesculus septenata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. : 337 (1812) wfo-0000522362
Hippocastanum aesculus Cav. Descr. Pl. : 458 (1802) wfo-0000723450
Aesculus hippocastanum var. pendula Puvill. Rev. Hort. n.s., 17: 281 1921 wfo-0000734702
Aesculus hippocastanum f. pendula (Puvill.) Rehder Bibl. Cult. Trees 430 1949 wfo-0000734703
Aesculus hippocastanum var. flore-pleno Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 463 1838 wfo-0000734852
Aesculus hippocastanum var. aureovariegata Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 124 1842 wfo-0000734853
Aesculus hippocastanum var. argenteovariegata Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 124 1842 wfo-0000734855
Aesculus hippocastanum var. incisa Booth ex Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 124 1842 wfo-0000734856
Aesculus hippocastanum var. variegata Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 463 1838 wfo-0000734861
Hippocastanum vulgare Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 135 (1790) wfo-0001281497