Aesculus dupontii (Aesculus dupontii)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: sprouts, nuts, seeds Aesculus worlitzensis is a cherry tree plant species described by Emil Bernhard Koehne. Aesculus worlitzensis is included in the genus horse chestnuts, and the family of cherry trees. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. The genus Aesculus, with varieties called buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with six species native to North America and seven to 13 species native to Eurasia. Also, several hybrids occur. Aesculus exhibits a classical arcto-Tertiary distribution. Linnaeus named the genus Aesculus after the Roman name for an edible acorn. Common names for these trees include "buckeye" and "horse chestnut", though they are not in the same order as chestnut trees. Some are also called white chestnut or red chestnut. In Britain, they are sometimes called conker trees because of their link with the game of conkers, played with the seeds, also called conkers.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Sapindaceae
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Genus: Sapindales
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