Hippocastanaceae is the name given to a small group of trees and shrubs, when this group is treated as a family. Its most widespread genus is Aesculus (the horse-chestnuts and buckeyes, syn. Pavia). However, the American genus Billia and the Chinese genus Handeliodendron are also sometimes included in this family. A feature of the family is the pa...
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(from the article `Sapindales`) The Hippocastanaceae (the horse chestnut family) has only 2 genera of trees and shrubs. Aesculus, with about 13 deciduous species, has an interrupted ... Next to the Aceraceae, the Hippocastanaceae probably have the most economic significance in temperate areas, in spite of the small size of the ... [2...
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n] - trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
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