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Taxon: Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.

Genus: Paulownia
Family: Paulowniaceae. Also placed in: Scrophulariaceae
Nomen number: 27045
Place of publication: Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 2:278. 1841
Name verified on: 10-Sep-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Sep-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CT*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • empresstree   (Source: Rep NCEPPC ) – English
  • foxglove-tree   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  • karritree   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • princesstree   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • mao pao tong   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • paulownia impérial   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  • chinesischer Blauglockenbaum   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  • kiri   (Source: Websters Dict ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • paulovnia-real   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • quiri   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide F BritStace; Dict Gard, pollution tolerant)
  • Materials: wood   (fide T. Yamazaki, pers. comm.)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning [s.], Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan [n.]

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere in temperate areas

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere in temperate areas

      Other:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China [exact native range obscure owing to extensive cultivation]

References:

  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft) (Rep NCEPPC)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) [with two vars.].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
  • Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze)
  • Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta. (Ency Korea)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [with two vars.].
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27045 (09 February 2010)

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