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: Wisterieae
Genus: Wisteria
Species: Wisteria sinensis
Varietates: W. s. var. brevidentata – W. s. var. sinensis – W. s. var. villosa

Name

Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 390 (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. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 390., as chinensis.
• 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. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Wisteria sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 June 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Wisteria sinensis. Published online. Accessed June 19 2020.
• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus 121. isonym
• 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
suomi: Kiinansinisade
日本語: シナフジ
Nederlands: Chinese blauweregen
svenska: Blåregn
中文: 紫藤

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