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Aesculus

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Aesculus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hippocastanaceae by Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species
A. antiquus, A. arctica, A. hickeyi, A. indica, A. simulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. ashleyi, A. glabra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Aesculus Linnaeus
1919Aesculus Knowlton
1976Aesculus Lakhanpal et al.
1991Aesculus Chauhan
1996Aesculus Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAesculus

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.

G. Aesculus Linnaeus 1753
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†Aesculus antiquus Dawson 1875
†Aesculus arctica Knowlton 1904
†Aesculus hickeyi Manchester 2001
Aesculus indica Hooker 1859 [Indian horse chestnut]
†Aesculus simulata Knowlton 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 58.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) A. hickeyi (28362)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) A. antiquorum (28656) A. hickeyi (129222 129224)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (179231)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) A. montanus (35334 35338 35347)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) A. sp. (35235)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) A. sp. (46327)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) A. preglabra (27702)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) A. sp. (28280 28282 28284)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) A. miochinensis (223803)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) A. ashleyi (27660)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) A. glabra (28442)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Nevada) A. preglabra (27700)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) A. ashleyi (27659)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) A. majus (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) A. spinosissima (21222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) A. spinosissima (28134)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) A. hippocastanum (22771)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) A. sp. (28171)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) A. hippocastanum, A. sp. (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) A. hippocastanum (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) A. turbinata (224546)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) A. sp. (224613 224715 224751) A. sp., A. indica (224612 224614)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) A. indica (228760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) A. sp. (168083)