Sapindaceae

Aesculus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 344 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SE. Europe to Türkiye, Afghanistan to Japan and Indo-China, SE. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A., Oregon to NW. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Greece, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Laos, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Zealand South, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Poland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Pawia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 145 (1891), nom. illeg. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Ireland K003595848 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595847 Yes
Baines, R.; Luke, A.; Summers, A.; Ritchie, W.; Bui Hong, Q.; Van Nguyen, D.; Sinh Nguyen, K. [284] Vietnam K001622269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595852 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1189] Bangladesh K001112355 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1189] Bangladesh K001112356 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kaune, S.M. [361] K003595346 Yes
Webb, W.S. [Cat. no. 1188] India K001112354 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595846 Yes
[Arboretum] [s.n.] K003595856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595855 Yes
K:SPC-16417.000 No
K:SPC-44617.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595849 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595853 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595850 Yes
K:SPC-22780.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003595854 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images