Paulownia tomentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Paulowniaceae
Genus: Paulownia
Species: Paulownia tomentosa
Varietates: P. t. var. tomentosa – P. t. var. tsinlingensis

Name

Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud., 1841.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Bignonia tomentosa Thunb., Fl. Jap. 252. 1784.

Homotypic
- Incarvillea tomentosa (Thunb.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 836. 1825.
- Paulownia imperialis Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 27, t. 10. 1835, nom. illeg.
- Pauiownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 9: 434. 1888, comb. superfl.
- Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Britton, Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 9(1-2): 12 1889.

Hybrids

Paulownia × henanensis C.Y.Zhang & Y.H.Zhao

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional:China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
- Regional:Eastern Asia
  - Korea, Manchuria
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, Spain, Tennessee, Texas, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars II: Lit. L–Z. 810 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. ː 2: 278

Additional references

Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010 June 28 [1].

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Paulownia tomentosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Paulownia tomentosa. Published online. Accessed: March 21 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Paulownia tomentosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Paulownia tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2025.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Paulonia
العربية: بولفينية كثة الزغب
azərbaycanca: Adəm ağacı
català: Paulònia
čeština: paulovnie plstnatá
Cymraeg: Coeden bysedd y cŵn
dansk: Kejsertræ
Deutsch: Blauglockenbaum
English: princess tree
Esperanto: Ĉina paŭlovnio
فارسی: پالونیای شهبانو
suomi: Keisaripuu
français: Pauwlonia
hrvatski: Pustenasta paulovnija
hornjoserbsce: Kejžorska pawlownija
magyar: császárfa
հայերեն: Ադամածառ թաղիքանման
日本語: キリ
한국어: 참오동나무
lietuvių: Kininė paulovnija
Nederlands: Anna Paulownaboom
polski: paulownia omszona
русский: Павловния войлочная
slovenčina: paulovnia plstnatá
српски / srpski: Пауловнија
svenska: Kejsarträd
Tiếng Việt: Hông lông
中文: 毛泡桐, 紫花泡桐