Aesculus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin aesculus. === Proper noun === Aesculus f A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – buckeyes and horse chestnuts. ==== Synonyms ==== Hippocastanum ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Sapindales – order; Sapindaceae – family; Hippocastanoideae - subfamily; Hippocastaneae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) - type species; Aesculus flava (yellow buckeye), Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye), Aesculus parviflora (bottlebrush buckeye) - selected other species; for other species see Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === References === Aesculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Aesculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Aesculus at USDA Plants database Aesculus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Aesculus at the Catalogue of Life Aesculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information “Aesculus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026