WebSpecies: A. chinensis. Binomial name. Aesculus chinensis. Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 10. 1833. Subspecies. Aesculus chinensis var. chinensis. Aesculus chinensis var. wilsonii. Aesculus chinensis, the Chinese horse chestnut or Chinese buckeye ( Chinese: 七叶树; pinyin: qi ye shu ), is a deciduous temperate tree species in the genus Aesculus ...