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Aesculus hippocastanum

species of plant
Taxon Taxon Q26899

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
taxon
Award received
Medicinal plant of the year, Tree of the year (Germany)[2][3]
Has use
medicinal plant, wood[9][10]
Short name
A. hippocastanum[25]
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 46, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge, The New Student's Reference Work, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11][12][13][14]
Endemic to
Balkans[7]
Foliage type
deciduous plant
Has fruit type
capsule
IUCN conservation status
vulnerable[5]
Inflorescence
panicle
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Parent taxon
Aesculus[6]
Regional conservation status
endangered
Seed dispersal
zoochory, barochory
Taxon author citation
L.
Taxon common name
Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie, Horse-chestnut, Witte paardenkastanje, jírovec maďal, witte paardenkastanje, Marronnier d'Inde, Rosskastanie, balkaninhevoskastanja, Horse Chestnut, horse chestnut, White Horse Chestnut, European horsechestnut, buckeye, Spanish chestnut, common horse chestnut, conker tree, European horse chestnut, 欧洲七叶树, 欧洲七叶树, 娑罗子, castañal de la india, navadni divji kostanj[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
Taxon name
Aesculus hippocastanum[8]
Taxon range
People's Republic of China
Taxon rank
species[4]
Taxon synonym
Aesculus castanea, Aesculus hippocastanum f. baumanii, Aesculus hippocastanum f. beaumanii, Aesculus memmingeri, Aesculus procera, Aesculus septenata[15][16][17][18][19][20]
This taxon is source of
conker, horse-chestnut bark, Aesculus hippocastanum pollen, horsechestnut[21][22][23][24]
🏷️ Also known as
en white horse chestnut en conker tree en horse-chestnut en horse chestnut tree en horse chestnut en European horse chestnut en Aesculus memmingeri en European horsechestnut en Aesculus asplenifolia en Aesculus procera en Aesculus hippocastanum en Aesculus septenata en buckeye en common horse chestnut ar قسطنه هندي ar بو فروة الحصان ar بلوط بري ar كستناء الحصان cs kaštan cs jírovec maďal
🔖 Identifiers · 117
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85062098
GND ID
4129909-7
OpenAlex ID
C2779659934
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ND 678.N.59 Hofers Kastanien in Wettringen.jpg ↗
AGROVOC ID
c_37109
APNI ID
216063
Alabama Plant Atlas ID
2614
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300374896
BBC Things ID
05e8a81c-e291-4992-ba6f-c9105e25bb21
BNCF Thesaurus ID
4949
BOLD Systems taxon ID
126487
Belgian Species List ID
3609
Show all 117 identifiers +105
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12348686x
BioLib taxon ID
3592
Biota of New Zealand ID
46366f45-2522-45f3-aadb-e42a8b415b35
Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID
Aesculus hippocastanum
CalPhotos taxon ID
Aesculus+hippocastanum
Calflora ID
12186
Catalogue of Life ID
65BKZ
Czech NDOP taxon ID
35117
Dewey Decimal Classification
583.78
Dyntaxa ID
223321
E-Flora BC species ID
Aesculus hippocastanum
EASIN ID
R00341
EBiodiversity ID
2573
EPPO Code
AECHI
EUNIS ID for species
174982
Ecocrop ID
2856
Encyclopedia of Life ID
582243
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/common-horse-chestnut
FOIH taxon ID
37
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.40854
Flora Croatica Database taxon ID
420
Flora of China ID
200013160
Flora of North America taxon ID
200013160
Flora of the Southeastern United States ID
3839
FloraCatalana ID
VTax1454
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Aesculus hippocastanum
FloraWeb ID
89
Freebase ID
/m/0502nl
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
3189815
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gardens Navigator ID
1375
Go Botany taxon ID
species/aesculus/hippocastanum
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
hestekastanje
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
konskii-kashtan-obyknovennyi-5e196f
Harper's tag
horse-chestnut
INaturalist taxon ID
84298
IPNI plant ID
781594-1
IRMNG ID
11283880
ITIS TSN
28721
IUCN taxon ID
202914
Illinois Plants ID
1332
Indiana Plant Atlas ID
43
Info Flora ID
aesculus-hippocastanum
Interlingual Index ID
i103925
Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID
3385
Invasive.org species ID
3385
J9U entity ID
987007565301405171
KBpedia ID
HorseChestnutTree
KPU Plant Database ID
aehi
Korean National Species list ID
120000202879
Library of Congress Classification
QK495.H65
Linked Open Data Comune Firenze ID
specie/aesculus-hippocastanum
Maryland Plant Atlas ID
1599
Michigan Flora ID
2659
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779659934
Minnesota Plant List ID
tree/horse-chestnut
NALT ID
4737
NBIC scientific name ID
103564
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000004580
NCBI taxonomy ID
43364
NL CR AUT ID
ph626803
NZPCN ID
aesculus-hippocastanum
Naturbasen species ID
2803/hestekastanie
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.149458
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
121401
New York Flora Atlas ID
1586
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
ba262756-b9b3-40cb-b51e-5fbb07ce0db4
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ID
aesculus-hippocastanum
Open Tree of Life ID
404238
Oregon Flora Image Project ID
aes_hip
OregonFlora taxon ID
2469
PM20 ware ID
230923
PalDat plant ID
Aesculus_hippocastanum
Palynodata taxa ID
122675
PfaF ID
Aesculus hippocastanum
Pladias ID
1461
Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden)
281047
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-2624517
Plantarium ID
868
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781594-1
Portal to the Flora of Italy ID
3045
Reflora ID
FB611558
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
585
SERNEC taxon ID
71023
SVKKL authority ID
0343811-jirovec-madal
TAXREF ID
80334
Tela Botanica ID
1053
Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas ID
1791
Topic's main category
Category:Aesculus hippocastanum
Tropicos ID
15500008
UConn Plant Database ID
37
UMLS CUI
C0331000
UNII
2331W47PSX
USDA PLANTS ID
AEHI
VASCAN ID
9219
VPlants ID
71023
Vascular Plants of Iowa species ID
SPEd1e7480
VerbaAlpina ID
C3453
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
1851
Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets ID
189
Washington Flora Checklist ID
116885
Woody Plants Database ID
17
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
12789129-n
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000522287
Yale LUX ID
concept/c9e285c2-ddeb-43e4-aac0-f62b8cca0cca

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🔗 Connections
← Found in taxon 41
cholesterol, citric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, benzaldehyde, (±)-limonene, linoleic acid, lauric acid +33 more
← Has host 18
Saturnia pyri, Fall webworm, Zeuzera pyrina, horse-chestnut leaf miner, sycamore, Caligula japonica, Eacles imperialis, Halysidota tessellaris +10 more
Award received 2
Medicinal plant of the year, Tree of the year (Germany)
Has use 2
wood, medicinal plant
← Individual of taxon 2
Anne Frank Tree, Geneva official chestnut tree
Endemic to 1
Balkans
Foliage type 1
deciduous plant
Has fruit type 1
capsule
IUCN conservation status 1
vulnerable
Instance of 1
taxon
Named after 1
Kaštanová
Parent taxon 1
Aesculus
Seed dispersal 1
zoochory
Taxon range 1
People's Republic of China
Taxon rank 1
species
← Depicts 1
Réunion de famille
← Hybrid of 1
Aesculus × carnea
← Natural product of taxon 1
aescin
← Produced by 1
aescin
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Summary

Aesculus hippocastanum is a taxon[1].

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Discovery and Description

Things named for Aesculus hippocastanum include Kaštanová[40], a former entity[41], in Czech Republic[42].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Kaštanová[40], a former entity[41], in Czech Republic[42].

FAQs

What awards did Aesculus hippocastanum receive?

Honors received include Medicinal plant of the year[2] and Tree of the year (Germany)[3].

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NZPCN ID → aesculus-hippocastanum
    "NZPCN ID, update to ids following formatter url change (details)"
  2. 12w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C3453
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 12789129-n
    Interlingual Index ID → i103925
    "Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: C3453, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → horse-chestnut
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: horse-chestnut, Matched to horse chestnut (#289933135) in Harper's…"
  4. 19w ago · Oscgramcam · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → hestekastanje
    "Created claim: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: hestekastanje"
  5. 19w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → endangered
    "Created claim: Regional conservation status: endangered, batch #259821"
  6. 21w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Aesculus castanea, Aesculus hippocastanum f. baumanii, Aesculus hippocastanum f. beaumanii +1
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases"
  7. 26w ago · David Newton · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Aesculus castanea, Aesculus hippocastanum f. baumanii, Aesculus hippocastanum f. beaumanii +1
    "Created claim: Taxon synonym: Aesculus castanea"
  8. 27w ago · David Newton · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    Inflorescence → panicle
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: LabelLister V3 (beta) - : ali"
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