Wisteria sinensis

Wisteria sinensis, China

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. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 390 (1825)

Synonyms

• Glycine chinensis Sims
• Glycine sinensis Sims
• Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Greene
• Rehsonia brevidentata (Rehder) Stritch
• Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) Stritch
• Rehsonia villosa (Rehder) Stritch
• Wisteria brevidentata Rehder
• Wisteria polystachya K.Koch
• Wisteria praecox Hand.-Mazz.
• Wisteria sinensis var. alba Lindl.
• Wisteria villosa Rehder

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast Introduced into: Alabama, Algeria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Florida, France, Illinois, India, Italy, Kentucky, Krym, Massachusetts, Nepal, New York, New Zealand North, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. : 2: 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. 
• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus 121. isonym

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 on the internet. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 22.
• 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 on the internet. 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
suomi: Kiinansinisade
日本語: シナフジ
Nederlands: Chinese blauweregen
svenska: Blåregn
中文: 紫藤

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