Plants of the Hippocastanaceae Family at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

Genus: Aesculus

Aesculus flava
Yellow Buckeye
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- Aesculus flava // Yellow Buckeye ("straight species")
Aesculus glabra
Ohio Buckeye (Fetid Buckeye)
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- Aesculus glabra // Ohio Buckeye (Fetid Buckeye) ("straight species")
Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
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- Aesculus parviflora // Bottlebrush Buckeye ("straight species")
Aesculus pavia
Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye
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- Aesculus pavia // Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye ("straight species")
Aesculus turbinata
Japanese Horsechestnut
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- Aesculus turbinata // Japanese Horsechestnut ("straight species")
Aesculus x arnoldiana
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- Aesculus x arnoldiana 'Autumn Splendor' // Autumn Splendor Arnold's Buckeye
Aesculus x carnea
Red Horsechestnut
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- Aesculus x carnea // Red Horsechestnut ("straight species")
- Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii' // Ruby Red Horsechestnut
- Aesculus x carnea 'Fort McNair' // Fort McNair Red Horsechestnut

Plants of the Hippocastanaceae Family at BCA

Genus: Aesculus

Aesculus flava

Aesculus glabra

Aesculus parviflora

Aesculus pavia

Aesculus turbinata

Aesculus x arnoldiana

Aesculus x carnea