Vitex negundo

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Viticoideae
Genus: Vitex
Species: Vitex negundo
Varieties: V. n. var. negundo – V. n. var. thyrsoides

Name edit

Vitex negundo L., 1753

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 415 (1870 publ. 1871).
    • Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 511 (1891).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Central Asia
      • Afghanistan, Pakistan
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya
    • Regional: China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia
    • Regional: Souhtwestern Asia
      • Iran
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Qinghai, Taiwan
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Cambodia, Laccadive Is., Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
    • Regional:Eastern Africa
      • Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Bulgaria, Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Jawa, Leeward Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Chinese Chaste-tree
français: Troène de Chine
magyar: Kínai barátcserje
Bahasa Indonesia: Legundi
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಲಕ್ಕಿ ಗಿಡ
മലയാളം: കരിനൊച്ചി
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Lagundi
नेपाली: सिमाली
संस्कृतम्: निर्गुण्डिसस्यम्
తెలుగు: నీరువావిలి
Tagalog: Lagundi
lea faka-Tonga: Lala
中文: 黄荆
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