Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Aesculus glabra Willd.

Family: Hippocastanaceae

Origin: native

Scientific synonyms: Pavia ohioensis Michx. f.

Common names:

American horse chestnut (1857) (20)

American horse chestnut, American horse-chestnut (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Buckeye (1810-1939, Nuttall says buckeye refers to fuit) (23, 48, 52, 61, 92, 148)

Fetid buckeye (1849-1936) (5, 2, 13, 15, 49, 53, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Little buckeye (1840) (19)

Ohio buckeye (1869-Present) (2, 5, 13, 15, 49, 50, 53, 57, 58, 65, 71, 72, 95, 97, 106, 109, 113, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Ohio buckeye (1857) (20)

Smooth buckeye (1879-1898) (49, 53)

Taška hi (1918?-1970?, Osage, white oak-like tree) (121)

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