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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Mexican Buckeye
| image = Ungnadia speciosa flowers.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Mexican Buckeye flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Sapindaceae]]
| genus = '''''Ungnadia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]
| species = '''''U. speciosa'''''
| binomial = ''Ungnadia speciosa''
| binomial_authority = Endl.
}}
The '''Mexican Buckeye ''Ungnadia speciosa''''' is a [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] native to northeastern [[Mexico]] and adjacent western [[Texas]] and southern [[New Mexico]] in the [[USA]]. It is the only species in the genus ''Ungnadia''.
It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus ''[[Aesculus]]'' in having alternate, pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] with 5-7 leaflets, but the [[flower]]s and [[nut (fruit)|nuts]] are similar. Another similar related genus is the [[Soapberry]] ''[[Sapindus]]''.
{{commons|Ungnadia speciosa}}
[[Category:Sapindaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Mexico|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Trees of Texas|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Flora of Southwestern Texas|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Trees of Northeast Mexico|Buckeye, Mexican]]
{{Sapindales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Mexican Buckeye
| image = Ungnadia speciosa flowers.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Mexican Buckeye flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Sapindaceae]]
| genus = '''''Ungnadia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]
| species = '''''U. speciosa'''''
| binomial = ''Ungnadia speciosa''
| binomial_authority = Endl.
}}
The '''Mexican Buckeye ''Ungnadia speciosa''''' is a [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] native to northeastern [[Mexico]] and adjacent western [[Texas]] and southern [[New Mexico]] in the [[USA]]. It is the only species in the genus ''Ungnadia''.
It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus ''[[Aesculus]]'' in having alternate, pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] with 5-7 leaflets, but the [[flower]]s and [[nut (fruit)|nuts]] are similar. Another similar related genus is the [[Soapberry]] ''[[Sapindus]]''.
{{commons|Ungnadia speciosa}}
[[Category:Sapindaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Mexico|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Trees of Texas|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Flora of Southwestern Texas|Buckeye, Mexican]]
[[Category:Trees of Northeast Mexico|Buckeye, Mexican]]
{{Sapindales-stub}}
