Taxon: Laburnum anagyroides Medik.

Common names:

• common laburnum   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• golden-chain   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• golden-chaintree   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• laburnum   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• peatree   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• aubour   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• cytise faux ébénier   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• gewöhnlicher Goldregen   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• maggiociondolo   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• sydgullregn   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed13)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Laburnum anagyroides from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Hess, H. E. et al. 1976. Flora der Schweiz, ed. 2.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Laburnum anagyroides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Laburnum anagyroides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Laburnum anagyroides.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cytisus alschingeri Vis.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cytisus laburnum L.
  
• (=) Laburnum anagyroides var. alschingeri (Vis.) C. K. Schneid.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Laburnum vulgare J. Presl
  

Check other web resources for Laburnum anagyroides Medik.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Laburnum anagyroides cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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