Taxon: Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.

• authorship verified from original literature
• because the combination was ascribed to Nuttall, and he was acknowledged in the preface to the work for his contribution, he is the author of this name (Melbourne ICN Art. 46.2)

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• California buckeye   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• kalifornische Rosskastanie   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann)
  

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View toxicology references for Aesculus californica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aesculus californica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aesculus californica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aesculus californica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Calothyrsus californica Spach (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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