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Taxon: Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.

Genus: Wisteria
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Millettieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 42050
Place of publication: Prodr. 2:390. 1825 "chinensis" (R. Sweet, Hort. brit. ed. 1:121. 1826)
Name verified on: 12-Jan-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2002
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • Chinese wisteria   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • Chinese-glycine   (Source: Flower Oils ) – English
  • zi teng   (Source: Wisterias 41. 1995) – Transcribed Chinese

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Yunnan

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [lists as W. sinensis (Sims) Sweet].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica. 1972–1976. Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum.; suppl. 1982-1983 [lists as W. sinensis Sweet].
  • Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). [lists as W. sinensis Sweet].
  • Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
  • Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [lists as W. sinensis (Sims) Sweet].
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  • Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. ["Wistaria"].
  • Stritch, L. R. 1984. Nomenclatural contributions to a revision of the genus Wisteria. Phytologia 56:183. [= Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) Stritch (cites basionym)].
  • Valder, P. 1995. Wisterias, a comprehensive guide. 41–66. [lists as W. sinensis (Sims) Sweet].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
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Check other web resources for Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Wisteria sinensis 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:

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  • 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?42050 (24 May 2013)

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