Aesculus

See also: aesculus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin aesculus.

Proper noun

Aesculus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – buckeyes and horse chestnuts.

Synonyms

• Hippocastanum

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Sapindales – order; Sapindaceae – family; Hippocastanoideae - subfamily; Hippocastaneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) - type species; Aesculus flava (yellow buckeye), Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye), Aesculus parviflora (bottlebrush buckeye) - selected other species; for other species see Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Aesculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Aesculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aesculus at USDA Plants database
• Aesculus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Aesculus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Aesculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Aesculus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025