Taxon: Forsythia viridissima Lindl.

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See also subordinate taxa:

• Forsythia viridissima var. koreana (no accessions)

Common names:

• jin zhong hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• gaenari   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean   [Forsythia viridissima var. koreana]
  
• kinesisk forsythia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan [n.w.], Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Korea

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China

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).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. 1998. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia. [mentions].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Forsythia viridissima.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Forsythia viridissima.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Forsythia viridissima.

Synonyms:

• Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai [≡ Forsythia viridissima var. koreana]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Forsythia viridissima Lindl.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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