Aesculus Linnaeus 1753 (soapberry)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Hippocastanaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Alectryon, Arytera, Bohlenia, Cardiospermum, Cupania, Cupanieidites, Cupanites, Djambioxylon, Dodonaea, Dodonaeites, Erioglossum, Euphorea, Euphoriaecarpum, Euphoriopsis, Euphorioxylon, Filicium, Fraasia, Ganophyllum, Harpullia, Heterodendrum, Koelreuteria, Lepisanthes, Nephelium, Otophora, Palaealectryon, Palaeallophyllus, Paranephelium, Pometioxylon, Sapindaceaepites, Sapindiphyllum, Sapindoidea, Sapindoides, Sapindophyllum, Sapindopsis, Sapindopsoxylon, Sapindospermum, Sapindoxylon, Sapindus, Schleichera, Schleicheroxylon, Striasyncolpites, Thouinopsis, Xerospermum, Aesculoxylon, Acerpollenites, Monopleurophyllum, Rulac, Acerites, Dipteronia, Acer

Subtaxa: Aesculus antiquus Aesculus arctica Aesculus hickeyi Aesculus indica Aesculus simulata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), India (6), Japan (2)

• Pliocene of Germany (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (3), Japan (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (1), United States (4: Nevada)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (3: Idaho)

• Paleocene of United States (4: North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences

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