Wisteria sinensis

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: Wisterieae
Genus: Wisteria
Species: Wisteria sinensis

Name

Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC., Prodr. 2: 390 (1825).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Glycine sinensis Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2083 (1819).
Homotypic
- Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 121 (1826), isonym.
- Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Greene, Pittonia 2: 175 (1891).
- Glycine chinensis Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2083 (1819), orth. var..
- Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) Stritch, Phytologia 56: 183 (1984).
Heterotypic
- Wisteria polystachya K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 62 (1869).
- Wisteria brevidentata Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 163 (1926).
  - Rehsonia brevidentata (Rehder) Stritch, Phytologia 56: 184 (1984).
- Wisteria praecox Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 58: 177 (1921).
- Wisteria villosa Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 162 (1926).
  - Rehsonia villosa (Rehder) Stritch, Phytologia 56: 184 (1984).
- Wisteria sinensis var. alba Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 221 (1849).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Romania.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Krym, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland, South Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts, New York, Vermont.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

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

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 390

Additional references

Compton, J.A. 2015. Wisteria sinensis on the slow boat from China: The journey of Wisteria to England. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 248–293. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12112 Reference page.
Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877 . Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Wisteria sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Wisteria sinensis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 22 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Wisteria sinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Wisteria sinensis. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Wisteria sinensis. Accessed: 22 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wisteria sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

dansk: Kinesisk Blåregn
English: Chinese Wisteria
español: Flor de la Pluma
suomi: Kiinansinisade
日本語: シナフジ
Nederlands: Chinese blauweregen
svenska: Blåregn
中文: 紫藤