Wisteria sinensis

Wisteria sinensis, China

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Wisteria
Species: Wisteria sinensis

Name

Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC., 1825.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Glycine sinensis Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2083 (1819).

Homotypic

• Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Greene, Pittonia 2: 175 (1891), as chinensis.
• Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 76 (1910).
• Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) L.R.Stritch, Phytologia 56 (3): 183 (1984).

Heterotypic

• Kraunhia floribunda var. sinensis (Sims) Makino, 1911.
• Millettia chinensis (Sims) Benth., Pl. Jungh. 249. 1852.
• Wisteria alba Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 221. 1849.
• Wisteria praecox Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 58: 177. 1921.

References

• Candolle, A. de 1825. Prodr. 2:390, as chinensis.
• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus 121.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wisteria sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

dansk: Kinesisk Blåregn
English: Chinese Wisteria
Nederlands: Chinese blauweregen
日本語: シナフジ
suomi: Kiinansinisade
svenska: Blåregn
中文: 紫藤

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