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Aesculus hippocastanum

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Aesculus hippocastanum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It is the type species of Aesculus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. antiquorum, A. ashleyi, A. glabra, A. majus, A. miochinensis, A. montanus, A. preglabra, A. spinosissima, A. turbinata
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by B. Allen on 2024-07-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Aesculus hippocastanum Linnaeus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAesculus
specieshippocastanum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aesculus hippocastanum Linnaeus 1753
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Diagnosis
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