Cladrastis

Cladrastis kentukea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Cladrastis
Sectiones: C. sect. Cladrastis – C. sect. Platyosprion

Species: C. delavayi – C. kentukea – †C. pugetensis – C. shikokiana – C. wilsonii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cladrastis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.

Name

Cladrastis Raf. (1824)

• Type species: C. fragrans Raf.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Platyosprion (Maxim.) Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg ser. 3, 22: 263. 1877; Mélanges Biol. Saint-Pétersbourg 9: 659. 1877.
  • Buergeria Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 53 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia Continental: Asia temperate Regional: Eastern Asia China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan Introduced into: Baltic States, Kirgizstan, Krym, New York, North Caucasus, Ohio, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1824. Neogenyton: 1

Additional references

• Wolfe, J.A. 1968. "Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington" U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 571.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cladrastis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cladrastis. Published online. Accessed: May 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cladrastis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cladrastis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cladrastis. Accessed: 31 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowwood
suomi: Lakkipuut

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