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Aesculus L

Hevoskastanjat Horse-chestnut Buckeyes
Aesculus, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Aesculus, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Antheraea pernyi, Synanthedon vespiformis, Xiphydria camelus

Aesculus hippocastanum L.

Balkans. See [About maps] Hevoskastanja Yleinen hevoskastanja Horse-chestnut Common Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum ; [SK, 394]; [GMBOT, 559]; [IBT, 456]

600x892 (~67Kb) FINLAND: N: Espoo, Tapiola 667:37, 18.6.1997 (cultivated), Photo © Markku Savela

Foodplant for Acronicta aceris, Argyresthia glaucinella

Aesculus glabra Willd.

from (SW.Pennsylvania - Iowa) - to (N.Alabama - NE.Texas). See [About maps] Ohio Buckeye Fetid Buckeye Stinking Buckeye
Aesculus glabra ; [GMBOT, 559]; [IBT, 353]

Foodplant for Zeiraphera claypoleana

A. g. var. arguta (Buckley) Robinson

Aesculus arguta Buckley
Aesculus glabra var. arguta ; [GMBOT, 560]

Aesculus octandra Marsh.

from (SW.Pennsylvania, Ohio) - Appalachians - NA.Georgia, Alabama. See [About maps] Yellow Buckeye Sweet Buckeye Large Buckeye
Aesculus flava Ait.
Aesculus octandra ; [GMBOT, 560]; [IBT, 353]

A. o. var. hybrida (DC.) Sarg.

Aesculus flava var. purpurascens Gray
Aesculus octandra var. hybrida ; [GMBOT, 560]

Aesculus pavia L.

SE.Virginia - Florida - Texas, Mississippi - SE.Oklahoma, S.Illinois. See [About maps] Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia ; [SK, 394 (note)]
Aesculus Pavia ; [GMBOT, 560]
Aesculus pavia ; [IBT, 356]

Aesculus sylvatica Bartram

SE.Virginia - NA.Georgia, Alabama, NW.Florida. See [About maps] Painted Buckeye Georgia Buckeye Dwarf Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica ; [IBT, 358]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[IBT]

Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees

[SK]

Mela, A. J., Cajander, A. K., 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.