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Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Flower of Aesculus x carnea, the red horse chestnut Fruit of a Horse-chestnut still in a half cocoon of which the fragile sprout has already reached the soil. The genus Aesculus ( / ˈ ɛ s k j ʊ l ə s / [ 1 ] or / ˈ aɪ s k j ʊ l ə s / ), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut , comprises 13–19 ...
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, [1] [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous , synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree . [ 4 ]
Aesculus flava (yellow buckeye) [28] The largest species of the genus, with light wood, used for pulp and wooden utensils. Seen most often in the Great Smoky Mountains in the southern Appalachians. The seeds contain a toxic glucoside. Uses: landscaping, pulpwood. [29] IL IN OH, the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast —
Aesculus parviflora, the bottlebrush buckeye [3] or small-flowered buckeye, [2] is a species of suckering deciduous shrub in the family Sapindaceae. The species is native to the southeastern United States, where it is found primarily in Alabama and Georgia , with a disjunct population in South Carolina along the Savannah River .
Aesculus glabra Willd. [1]: 197 Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye: Walker County, Georgia: Least Concern: Hippocastanaceae: Aesculus parviflora Walter [1]: 197–198 Bottlebrush Buckeye: Southwestern Georgia along the Chattahoochee River: Least Concern: Hippocastanaceae: Aesculus pavia L. [1]: 198–199 Red Buckeye: Common in the Coastal Plain: Least ...
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Evergreen winterberry – Ilex glabra; Virginia winterberry – Ilex verticillata; Wintercress – Barbarea vulgaris. Early wintercress – Barbarea verna; Woodbine – Clematis virginiana; Woolly morning glory – Argyreia nervosa; Wormwood Roman wormwood – Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Corydalis sempervirens; Wound rocket – Barbarea vulgaris
The largely temperate genera formerly separated in the families Aceraceae (Acer, Dipteronia) and Hippocastanaceae (Aesculus, Billia, Handeliodendron) were included within a more broadly circumscribed Sapindaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. [8] Recent research has confirmed the inclusion of these genera in the Sapindaceae. [4] [5]