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Aesculus hippocastanum

Flowering Plants

Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a large deciduous, hermaphroditic flowering tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, also known as horse-chestnut, European horsechestnut, buckeye or conker tree, and unrelated to the sweet chestnut Castanea sativa despite the similar name. It is native to the Balkans, in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia, but has been planted so widely across temperate regions that it now grows as far afield as Edmonton in Canada and Harstad in Norway. The tree is cultivated chiefly for its showy spring flowers, and its seeds, known as conkers, are used in a traditional British and Irish children's game and were even collected for industrial purposes during both World Wars. It is assessed as Vulnerable in its native range. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Aesculus hippocastanum 3
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sapindaceae, Taxa
Source Aesculus hippocastanum (Wikidata)
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Albania

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Algeria

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Armenia

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Australia

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Austria

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Bangladesh

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Belgium

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Brazil

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Bulgaria

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Canada

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Cyprus

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Czechia

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Denmark

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Estonia

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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Kazakhstan

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North America

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Poland

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Romania

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Spain

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Switzerland

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Turkmenistan

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Uzbekistan

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Sources
1. Aesculus hippocastanum (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    ven collected for industrial purposes during both World Wars. It is assessed as Vulnerable in its native range.
  • Distribution and habitat
    It has been introduced and planted around the world.
  • In medicine
    The seed extract standardized to around 20 percent aescin is possibly useful in traditional medicine for its effect on venous tone.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Aesculus hippocastanum (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q26899 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Sapindaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Aesculus hippocastanum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Sapindales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12438
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12438
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Sapindales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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