Family Hippocastanaceae - Horse-chestnuts, Buckeyes
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Three genera and 15 species: Asia (Himalayas to Japan), SE Europe, North America, also Central and South America (Billia); two genera (one endemic) and five species (two endemic, two introduced) in China. The Hippocastanaceae, together with the Aceraceae, have recently been treated within the Sapindaceae by some authors, e.g., Stevens, Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (2001 onward).
Yellow Buckeye - Aesculus flava
Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava 		Japanese Horse Chestnut - Aesculus turbinata
Japanese Horse Chestnut
Aesculus turbinata		 Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
Ohio Buckeye		 Common Horse-Chestnut
Common Horse-Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Damask Red Horse Chestnut - Aesculus x carnea 'Plantierensis'08/18/2011
Family Hippocastanaceae - Horse-chestnuts, Buckeyes10/03/2011
Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum08/18/2011
Japanese Horse Chestnut - Aesculus turbinata08/18/2011
North American Insects and Spiders Index10/03/2011
Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra08/18/2011
Tree Encyclopedia10/03/2011
Tree Encyclopedia Table of Contents10/03/2011
Umbrella Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum 'Umbraculifera'08/18/2011
Yellow Buckeye - Aesculus flava08/18/2011

Damask Red Horse Chestnut - Aesculus x carnea 'Plantierensis'
Damask Red Horse Chestnut
 Aesculus x carnea 'Plantierensis'

Umbrella Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum 'Umbraculifera'
Umbrella Horse Chestnut
 Aesculus hippocastanum 'Umbraculifera'

References
  1. John White and David F. More, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees, 2nd ed. (Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005).  

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