| Hippocastanoideae | |
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| Aesculus hippocastanum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hippocastanoideae Dumortier |
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Hippocastanoideae is asubfamily offlowering plants in thesoapberry familySapindaceae.[1] The group was formerly treated as the separate familiesAceraceae andHippocastanaceae.Molecular phylogenetic research by Harrington et al. (2005)[2] has shown that while both the Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae aremonophyletic in themselves, their removal from the Sapindaceaesensu lato would leave Sapindaceaesensu stricto as aparaphyletic group, particularly with reference to the genusXanthoceras.
The most widespread genera areAcer (the maples) andAesculus (the horse chestnuts and buckeyes). A feature of the subfamily is the palmate compound leaves.[3]
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Linnaeus | Horse-chestnuts & buckeyes | 13-19 |  | |
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