Hippocastanaceae

  • Family

    Hippocastanaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Hippocastanaceae

  • Common Names

    Horse-Chestnut Family

  • Description

    Number of genera: 2

    Number of species: 16

    Distribution (from PLANTAE): One of the two genera, Aesculus, has an interrupted distribution in temperate North America, the Balkan Peninsula of Europe, and Asia as far south as Thailand and Vietnam. The other, Billia, occurs from southern Mexico to northern South America.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Hippocastanaceae: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.