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Aesculus L.
buckeye

       
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Aesculus L.

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Distribution:
Aesculus L.

 
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Aesculus L.

View 1 genera in Hippocastanaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Aesculus ×arnoldiana Sarg. [excluded]. .
Aesculus ×arnoldiana
Distribution of Aesculus ×bushii C.K. Schneid. (pro sp.) [glabra × pavia]. .
Aesculus ×bushii
Distribution of Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.. . Image Available.
Aesculus californica
California buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus ×carnea Hayne [hippocastanum × pavia]. .
Aesculus ×carnea
red horse-chestnut
Distribution of Aesculus flava Aiton. . Image Available.
Aesculus flava
yellow buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus glabra Willd.. . Image Available.
Aesculus glabra
Ohio buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus hippocastanum L.. . Image Available.
Aesculus hippocastanum
horse chestnut
Distribution of Aesculus ×hybrida DC. (pro sp.) [flava × pavia]. .
Aesculus ×hybrida
Distribution of Aesculus ×marylandica J.R. Booth ex G. Kirchn. [flava × glabra]. .
Aesculus ×marylandica
Distribution of Aesculus ×mutabilis (Spach) Scheele [pavia × sylvatica]. .
Aesculus ×mutabilis
Distribution of Aesculus ×neglecta Lindl. (pro sp.) [flava × sylvatica]. .
Aesculus ×neglecta
Distribution of Aesculus parviflora Walter. . Image Available.
Aesculus parviflora
bottlebrush buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus pavia L.. . Image Available.
Aesculus pavia
red buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus sylvatica Bartram. .
Aesculus sylvatica
painted buckeye
Distribution of Aesculus turbinata Blume. .
Aesculus turbinata
Japanese horse chestnut
Distribution of Aesculus ×worlitzensis Koehne (pro sp.) [flava × (pavia × sylvatica)]. .
Aesculus ×worlitzensis
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Classification:
Aesculus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Sapindales
Family Hippocastanaceae – Horse-chestnut family
Genus Aesculus L. – buckeye
 

More Accounts and Images:
Aesculus L.

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View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28714.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
Time Generated: 11/02/2008 11:45 AM MST