- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60464055-2
- Publication
- Alsographia Americana
- Collation
- 69
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Hippocastanaceae
Type Information
- Distribution Of Types
- Kentucky (Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)
- Type Remarks
- discovered in Sept. 1823 near the falls of the R. Cumberland,
Remarks
protologue: ... without flowers nor fruits; but distinct from all by the stem with long spines near the ground as in Gleditsia; it is a large tree 50 feet high.