Talk:Aesculus

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"Horse-chestnut" or "Horse Chestnut" ? Andy Mabbett 10:39, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi Andy - the hyphenated form is preferred, to reduce confusion with chestnuts, but unhyphenated is commonly seen, too. - MPF 12:52, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

What does this mean? "horses whose wind is injured". Maybe that could be changed to be more understandable to a wider audience.

[edit] Fruit

The article says that the fruit of Aesculus is a nut contained in a husk. However, the nut article says that its fruit is actually the fruit (called the "husk" in the Aesculus article) which contains the "nut". If this were the case, then there would be no true "husk". Is the "nut" of Aesculus just the seed and not the fruit? SCHZMO ✍ 20:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disease

Does anyone have more on the disease effecting the trees. All over London and SE England trees appear to be dying (leaves have withered and turned brown). --Vivbaker 21:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Probably Cameraria ohridella leaf-miner - MPF 16:29, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear

"genetic evidence shows that this family, along with the maples (formerly Aceraceae), are better included in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). Current evidence shows that both Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae are monophyletic, so they could be kept separate from Sapindaceae"

The first sentence says that Hippocastanaceae actually belong to the Sapindaceae family, while the second one says they should be kept separate. Can someone write this a bit more comprehensibly? --Eleassar ^{my talk} 14:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I've removed it as it wasn't supported by any references (and have also added a couple of references for Sapindaceae) - MPF 00:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)