Wisteria floribunda (Willd.)DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Wisteria Nutt.
Tribe: Millettieae
References: [1812][1680][1930][985][1140][754]

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Other names:

• Dolichos japonicus Sprengel [Synonym] [1930]
  
• Glycine floribunda Willd. [Synonym] [1930]
  
• Kraunhia floribunda (Willd.)Taubert [Synonym] [1930]
  
• Millettia floribunda (Willd.)Matsum. [Synonym] [1930]
  
• Rehsonia floribunda (Willd.)L.R.Stritch [Synonym] 
  
• Wisteria multijuga Van Houtte [Synonym] 
  

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Common Names:

• Japanese Wisteria [1680] [1812] [1850]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1930] [2828] [754]
  
• Fibre [2828]
  
• Medicine [2828]
  
• Toxins [2828]
  
• Wood [2828]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Asia [1179] [1929] [1930]
  • China [1179]
  • Japan [1930]
  • Taiwan [1929]

• Europe [454] [1961]
  • Great Britain [1961]
  • Italy [454]

• North America [1680] [1812] [1850]
  • United States [1680] [1812] [1850]
    • Texas [1680] [1812]

• Pacific Ocean [1930]
  • Ogasawara-Shoto [1930]

• South America [1140]
  • Argentina [1140]

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Notes:

• Widely grown for ornament [1961]
  
• Japanese distribution: endemic to Honshu; Shikoku; Kyushu [1930]
  
• Japanese distribution: introduced and now naturalized in Ogasawara-Shoto.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:24:51