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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2022

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genus

Aesculus L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000000812.

Synonyms of Aesculus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Hippocastanum Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000017956
Nebropsis Raf. Alsogr. Amer. : 68 (1838) wfo-4000025426

Species in Aesculus ( showing species 1 to 15 of 35)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mayaca Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 42, t. 15 (1775) wfo-4000023389
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Biaslia Vand. Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. 4. 1788. wfo-4000004567
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Coletia Vell. Fl. Flumin. 32. 1825. wfo-4000008913
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Syena Schreb. Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a] , 1: 39 (1789) wfo-4000037157

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Aesculus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aesculus carnea f. pendula (A.Henry) Rehder Bibl. Cult. Trees 430 1949 wfo-0000734704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aesculus carnea var. briotii Bean Trees Shrubs Brit. Is. 1: 168 1914 wfo-0000522250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aesculus carnea var. pendula A.Henry Trees Great Britain 2: 218 1907 wfo-0000522251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aesculus rubicunda var. rosea Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs : 127 (1842) wfo-0000734857
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aesculus spectabilis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 398 (1892) wfo-0000522363