Forsythia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Oleaceae
Tribus: Forsythieae
Genus: Forsythia
Sectiones: F. sect. Forsythia – F. sect. Giralidianae

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Rangium Juss. in F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 24: 200 (1822).

Overview of species

F. europaea – F. giraldiana – F. japonica – F. koreana – F. likiangensis – F. × mandschurica – F. mira – F. nakaii – F. ovata – F. suspensa – F. togashii – F. viridissima
Artificial intersectional nothospecies: F. × intermedia – F. × kobendzae – F. × variabilis

Name

Forsythia Vahl (1804)

Type species: F. suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Rangium Juss. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 200 (1822)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe'
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Yugoslavia
Continental: Asia-temperate'
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Manchuria
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New York, Primorye, Romania, Spain, Tennessee, Utah, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vahl, M. 1804. Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab aliis', vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. Vol. I. LX+381 pp. Typis N. Mölleri & filii, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. Biblioteca Digital BHL [reprint of 1805] Reference page. : 1: 39.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Forsythia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Forsythia. Published online. Accessed: August 24 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Forsythia. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 24. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Forsythia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 August 2024.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Фарзіцыя
català: Forsítia
kaszëbsczi: Fòrsëcjô
čeština: zlatice
Deutsch: Forsythie
Esperanto: Forsitio
فارسی: یاس زرد
suomi: Onnenpensaat
Gaeilge: Foirsítia
hrvatski: Forzicija
magyar: Aranyfa
հայերեն: Ոսկեզանգ
日本語: レンギョウ
қазақша: Форсайтия
한국어: 개나리속
lietuvių: Forsitija
Nederlands: Forsythia
norsk: Gullbuskslekta
polski: Forsycja
română: Forsiția
русский: Форсайтия, Форзиция
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Forzicija
slovenčina: zlatovka
српски / srpski: Форситија
svenska: Forsythiasläktet
Türkçe: Altınçanağı, Altınçanak
українська: Форзиція
粵語: 連翹屬
中文: 连翘属