Taxon: Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

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

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• Japanese bittersweet   (Source: Websters Dict [as C. articulatus]) – English
  
• Oriental bittersweet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• staffvine   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• tsuru-ume-mo-doki   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• japansk träddödare   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Primorye, Sakhalin
  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

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]

• 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).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• 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 (unpublished draft)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.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• 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.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• 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.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= C. articulatus].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Celastrus orbiculatus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Celastrus orbiculatus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Celastrus orbiculatus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Celastrus articulatus Thunb.
  (previously associated with 16 accessions)

Check other web resources for Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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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