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Taxon: Aesculus chinensis Bunge

Genus: Aesculus
Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae. Also placed in: Hippocastanaceae
Nomen number: 1625
Place of publication: Enum. pl. China bor. 10. 1833 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2:84. 1835)
Name verified on: 02-Jan-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Oct-2001
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Chinese horse-chestnut   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Gansu [s.], Guangdong [n.], Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei [w.], Hunan, Jiangsu [s.], Jiangxi [w.], Shaanxi [s.], Shanxi [s.], Sichuan, Yunnan [n.e.], Zhejiang [n.]

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Hardin, J. W. 1960. Brittonia 12:33.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Turland, N. J. & N. H. Xia. 2005. A new combination in Chinese Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae). Novon 15:488–489.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Aesculus chinensis Bunge:

  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1625 (09 February 2010)

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