Talk:Aesculus

message: I'll second the move to Aesculus. I've just added some external links for the aesculus genus. Mikcohen 05:46, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A bit more on the move - I'm not doing a whole page move, so as to keep Buckeye as a disambiguation page with the place names, etc. Instead, I'm cutting & pasting the main botanical section across to Aesculus. That means this discussion also stays here at Talk:Buckeye instead of moving to Talk:Aesculus, but I can move this as well if people like. - MPF 09:35, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aesculus 

message: "Horse-chestnut" or "Horse Chestnut" ? Andy Mabbett 10:39, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Name

message: 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)
thread_title:  Fruit 

message: 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)
replies: text: Probably Cameraria ohridella leaf-miner - MPF 16:29, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disease 

message: "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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Unclear

message: I'm amazed that you don't include a photo of an actual "buckeye," per se (i.e., nut from a horse chestnut tree).  After all, it's this beautiful and distinctive nut from whence the name buckeye originates, I'm sure.  Wouldn't be that hard to include!
JCNSmith 22:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buckeye Photo 

message: I have some black 'conkers'. Are these from the Indian Horse Chestnut? 89.240.14.127 13:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black conkers 

message: The homeopathy claims in this article didn't appear to have any current notability - no source from this decade mentions it's use? PouponOnToast (talk) 00:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homeopathy 

message: "In Michigan, the name buckeye is also synonymous for Ohio trash." Is this vandalism? 70.241.65.109 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 21:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it obviously is, so I've removed it, along with the sentence about 'dying in January' which I'd guess was slipped in with it to lend a bit of false credibility.   Romit3 (talk) 19:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trash? 

message: A common explanation for the name "horse chestnut" is due to the old, horseshoe-shaped leaf scars left behind on branches by fallen leaves. Ebichu63 (talk) 15:50, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: Someone just moved Aesculus hippocastanum to Horse chestnut tree and now there is a proposal to move Horse chestnut tree to Horse chestnut.  Apparently the editors involved are not aware that "horse chestnut" can refer to Aesculus as well as A. hippocastanum.  See Talk:Horse_chestnut_tree#Recent_move. --Una Smith (talk) 03:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The relevant talk has been moved to Talk:Aesculus hippocastanum#Recent_move. --Una Smith (talk) 05:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page moves 

message: TFOWR 16:37, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of British Isles 

message: Should you find the image fitting, I can offer the following image of a pod (most probably of a Aesculus hippocastanum) which I've released under by-nc-nd. http://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6223945507/
/kristian (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of pod 

message: Sadly, we need to delete this section, and the accompanying illustration. The capitals at Reims are most definitely not horse chestnut (look at any photo of the leaves and you'll see). Art historians say they're bryony. Horse chestnuts were probably not introduced to western Europe until the 16th century. I would have changed this myself, but I'll hold off for a while in case someone wants to research some other artistic uses of the tree.
Michael Pauls (talk) 10:13, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The foliage certainly is not Aesculus but almost certainly sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). See my comment attached to the Reims Cathedral use. As a botanist and familiar with botanical carvings, I am confident in approving this correction/deletion. E. Charles Nelson (talk) 11:38, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Art