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Aesculus Linn., Sp.P1. 344. 1753. Gen.P1.ed.5.161.1754; Boiss., F1.Or.1:946.1867; W.P.Hiern in Hook.f. , Fl.Brit. Ind. 1:675.1875; Brandis, Ind. Trees 185.1911; Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. Hort. 1:226.1919; P.W.Ball in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur.2:240.1968; K.Browicz in Rech.f.,Fl.lran.92:1.1972.
Pavia Boerh.ex Miller
Usually deciduous trees. Scaly buds, often resinous. Flowers showy, bracteate. Calyx tubular or campanulate, deciduous. Petals 4-5, clawed. Stamens usually 7. Capsule more or less leathery, the valves coriaceous. Seeds 1-3, with a coriaceous and glaucous testa, hilum prominent.
A genus of about 13 species distributed in temperate America, S.E. Europe and S. and E. Asia. Represented here by 1 species.
Lower Taxon
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