Wisteria sinensis

Wisteria sinensis, China

Wisteria sinensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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