Aesculus californica in Genus Aesculus

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Internal ID	UUID644007b4162e1952106124
Scientific name	Aesculus californica
Authority	(Spach) Nutt.
First published in	Fl. N. Amer. 1: 251 (1838)

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Aesculus californica, also known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a large deciduous shrub or small tree native to California and southwestern Oregon. It typically grows up to 4-12 meters tall and has a multi-trunked crown. The leaves are dark green and palmately compound with five or seven leaflets. The flowers are sweet-scented and white to pale pink, and the fruit is a fig-shaped capsule containing a large, poisonous seed. Aesculus californica has adapted to its native Mediterranean climate by growing during the wet winter and spring months and entering dormancy in the dry summer months. It is widely distributed in California and can be found in a variety of habitats, from moist canyon bottoms to dry slopes. The tree has been used by Native American tribes for various purposes, including as a food source after proper preparation. It is also used as an ornamental plant and has the ability to prevent erosion. The scientific name, Aesculus californica, is derived from the old Roman name for horse chestnuts and means "native to California."

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Pawia californica	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 146 (1891)
Pavia californica	Hartw.	J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 123 (1847)
Calothyrsus californica	Spach	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 2: 62 (1834)
Hippocastanum californicum	Greene	Man. Bot. San Francisco : 73 (1894)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	california buckeye
English	california horse chestnut
Arabic	كستناء كاليفورنيا
Bulgarian	Калифорнийски конски кестен
Czech	jírovec kalifornský
German	kalifornische rosskastanie
Persian	شاهبلوط آمریکایی
Finnish	kalifornianhevoskastanja
French	pavier de californie
Hebrew	ערמונית קליפורנית
Hungarian	kaliforniai vadgesztenye
Polish	kasztanowiec kalifornijski
Ukrainian	Гіркокаштан каліфорнійський
Chinese	加州七葉樹
Chinese	加州七葉树
Chinese	加州七叶树

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Northern America click to expand
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000522247
UNII	B4840SZ3H2
USDA Plants	AECA
Tropicos	15500017
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781583-1
The Plant List	kew-2624481
Missouri Botanical Garden	281051
PFAF	Aesculus californica
Open Tree Of Life	788245
NCBI Taxonomy	307252
Nature Serve	2.153114
IUCN Red List	156820810
IPNI	781583-1
iNaturalist	53348
GBIF	3189813
Freebase	/m/098lc9
FEIS	plants/tree/aescal
EPPO	AECCA
EOL	581628
Calflora (Californian flora)	111
US Library of Congress	sh85018902
USDA GRIN	1622
Wikipedia	Aesculus_californica

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Commodity risk assessment of Cornus alba and Cornus sanguinea plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Manda RR, Schulz OM, Kariampa P, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R

EFSA J

12-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10928767
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8657
PMID:	38476319

Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

12-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10784871
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8495
PMID:	38222930

Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2023

Gibin D, Gutierrez Linares A, Fasanelli E, Pasinato L, Delbianco A

EFSA J

15-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10722330
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8477
PMID:	38107375

Commodity risk assessment of Quercus robur plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

30-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10613938
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8314
PMID:	37908449

Commodity risk assessment of Quercus petraea plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

30-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10613939
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8313
PMID:	37908445

The role of the veterinary diagnostic toxicologist in apiary health

Bischoff K, Moiseff J

J Vet Diagn Invest

10-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10621547
doi:	10.1177/10406387231203965
PMID:	37815239

Commodity risk assessment of Fagus sylvatica plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

28-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10375364
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8118
PMID:	37522095

Commodity risk assessment of Acer platanoides plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

06-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10323725
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8073
PMID:	37427021

Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

06-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10323724
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8075
PMID:	37427020

Commodity risk assessment of Acer pseudoplatanus plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

06-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10323731
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8074
PMID:	37427019

Commodity risk assessment of Acer campestre plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

06-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10323733
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8071
PMID:	37427018

Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2022

Gibin D, Pasinato L, Delbianco A

EFSA J

13-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10262070
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8061
PMID:	37325259

Witnessing history: comparison of a century of sedimentary and written records in a California protected area

Scott Anderson R, Allison Stegner M, La Selle S, Sherrod B, Barnosky AD, Hadly EA

Reg Environ Change

20-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10116087
doi:	10.1007/s10113-023-02056-9
PMID:	37125024

Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Diatrypaceae from southeastern Tibet in China

Ma HX, Yang ZE, Song ZK, Qu Z, Li Y, Zhu AH

Front Microbiol

22-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10073484
doi:	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1073548
PMID:	37032847

The Searsville Lake Site (California, USA) as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series

Stegner MA, Hadly EA, Barnosky AD, La Selle S, Sherrod B, Anderson RS, Redondo SA, Viteri MC, Weaver KL, Cundy AB, Gaca P, Rose NL, Yang H, Roberts SL, Hajdas I, Black BA, Spanbauer TL

Anthropocene Rev

16-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC10193828
doi:	10.1177/20530196221144098
PMID:	37213212

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Benzenediols / Hydroquinones
Hydroquinone	785	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1O)O	110.11	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.3826
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alanine and derivatives
(2S)-2-(phenylazaniumyl)propanoate	6946449	Click to see CC(C(=O)[O-])[NH2+]C1=CC=CC=C1	165.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97529-0
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids
2-Amino-3-(2-methylidenecyclopropyl)butanoic acid	554115	Click to see CC(C1CC1=C)C(C(=O)O)N	155.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82191-3
2-Amino-4-methylhex-4-enoic acid	53440734	Click to see CC=C(C)CC(C(=O)O)N	143.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
2-Amino-4-methylhexanoic acid	520755	Click to see CCC(C)CC(C(=O)O)N	145.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
2-Amino-6-hydroxy-4-methyl-4-hexenoic acid	549256	Click to see CC(=CCO)CC(C(=O)O)N	159.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82191-3
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids / L-alpha-amino acids
(2S,3R)-2-amino-3-[(1S)-2-methylidenecyclopropyl]butanoic acid	162912126	Click to see CC(C1CC1=C)C(C(=O)O)N	155.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82191-3
(2S,4S)-2-amino-4-methylhexanoic acid	12612089	Click to see CCC(C)CC(C(=O)O)N	145.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
(E,2S)-2-amino-4-methylhex-4-enoic acid	55290727	Click to see CC=C(C)CC(C(=O)O)N	143.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
(E,2S)-2-amino-6-hydroxy-4-methylhex-4-enoic acid	101586718	Click to see CC(=CCO)CC(C(=O)O)N	159.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82191-3
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Phenylalanine and derivatives
D-phenylalanine	71567	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CC(C(=O)O)N	165.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97529-0
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / N-acyl-alpha amino acids
(E,2S)-2-[[(4S)-4-amino-4-carboxybutanoyl]amino]-4-methylhex-4-enoic acid	163194956	Click to see CC=C(C)CC(C(=O)O)NC(=O)CCC(C(=O)O)N	272.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Dipeptides
2-[(4-Amino-4-carboxybutanoyl)amino]-4-methylhex-4-enoic acid	163040302	Click to see CC=C(C)CC(C(=O)O)NC(=O)CCC(C(=O)O)N	272.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84836-0
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)oxane-3,4,5-triol	346	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	272.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97529-0
Arbutin	440936	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	272.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97529-0
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Catechins
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)chroman-3,5,7-triol	1203	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	290.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.3826
Epicatechin	72276	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	290.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.3826 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97529-0

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Aesculus californica

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