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Taxon: Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Genus: Celastrus
Family: Celastraceae subfamily: Celastroideae.
Nomen number: 9719
Place of publication: J. A. Murray, Syst. veg. ed. 14:237. 1784 May-Jun (Fl. jap. xlii, 97 ("articulatus"). 1784 Aug)
Comment: for authorship of Thunberg names first published by Murray see comments in Taxon 45:672. 1996 & 46:311-314. 1997
Name verified on: 21-Mar-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Jul-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*, MA*, NC*, NH*, VT*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • Japanese bittersweet   (Source: Websters Dict [as C. articulatus]) – English
  • Oriental bittersweet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • staff-vine   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • tsuru-ume-mo-doki   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Primorye, Sakhalin
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Ding Hou. 1955. A revision of the genus Celastrus. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 42:260–263.
  • Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. (L Georgia)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica. (F InnMong)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • 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)
  • Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
  • 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)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= C. articulatus].
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Check other databases for Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Celastrus orbiculatus 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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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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