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Taxon:  Aesculus hippocastanum L.



Summary
Genus:
Aesculus
Section:
Aesculus
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Hippocastanoideae
Nomen number:
1628
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:344. 1753
Verified:
05/17/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aesculus hippocastanum L. f. memmingeri (K. Koch) Schelle
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
horse-chestnut –
French
marronnier –
marronnier d'Inde –
German
gewöhnliche Rosskastanie –
Italian
ipposcastano –
Spanish
castaño de Indias –
Swedish
hästkastanj –
Transcribed Chinese
ou zhou qi ye shu –
Transliterated Russian
kaštan konskij –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
Native
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece
Cultivated
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalboundary/barrier/support Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Materialswood Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Medicinessource of aescin Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1628. Accessed 2 August 2025.


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