Aesculus hippocastanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 344. 1753.

"Habitat in Asia septentrionaliore, unde in Europam 1550." RCN: 2638.

Lectotype (Barrie in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 15. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 142, Aesculus 1 (BM-000558599) .

Generitype of Aesculus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 149. 1929).

Current name: Aesculus hippocastanum L. ( Hippocastanaceae).