Hippocastanaceae
(THE HORSE-CHESTNUT FAMILY)
 Biota of North America Program
 Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996. Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996) of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of proofing).

Aesculus L. - BUCKEYE

    X bushii Schneid. (pro sp.) [glabra X pavia] Synonymy: Aesculus X mississippiensis Sarg.

    californica (Spach) Nutt.

    X carnea Hayne [hippocastanum X pavia]

    X dupontii Sarg. [flava X (pavia X sylvatica)]

    flava Ait. Synonymy: Aesculus octandra Marsh. , Aesculus octandra var. vestita Sarg. , Aesculus octandra var. virginica Sarg.

    glabra Willd.

      var. arguta (Buckl.) B.L. Robins. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: White buckeye, Texas buckeye (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Aesculus arguta Buckl. , Aesculus glabra var. buckleyi Sarg.

      var. glabra Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Ohio buckeye (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Aesculus glabra var. leucodermis Sarg. , Aesculus glabra var. micrantha Sarg. , Aesculus glabra var. monticola Sarg. , Aesculus glabra var. pallida (Willd.) Kirchn. , Aesculus glabra var. sargentii Rehd.

    hippocastanum L.

    X hybrida DC. (pro sp.) [flava X pavia]

    X marylandica Booth ex Kirchn. [flava X glabra]

    X mutabilis (Spach) Scheele [pavia X sylvatica] Synonymy: Aesculus X harbisonii Sarg.

    X neglecta Lindl. (pro sp.) [flava X sylvatica] Synonymy: Aesculus X glaucescens Sarg.

    parviflora Walt.

    pavia L.

      var. flavescens (Sarg.) Correll Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Pale buckeye, plateau yellow m. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

      var. pavia Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Red buckeye, scalet buckeye (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Aesculus austrina Small , Aesculus discolor Pursh , Aesculus discolor var. mollis (Raf.) Sarg. , Aesculus pavia var. discolor (Pursh) Gray , Aesculus splendens Sarg.

    sylvatica Bartr. Synonymy: Aesculus georgiana Sarg. , Aesculus sylvatica var. lanceolata (Sarg.) Bartr.

    X worlitzensis Koehne (pro sp.) [flava X (pavia X sylvatica)]

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     This page, machine-generated using the program bonout3.ipf, is an experimental product of collaborative research involving the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group and the Biota of North America Program. Comments/corrections can be sent to BONAP for nomenclatural matters or, for web-related items, the TAMUBIWG. The Texas vegetation area mapping system was developed by Erich Schneider of the Texas A&M Center for the Study of Digital Libraries. Last updated on: 07/31/96