Wisteria

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: Wisterieae
Genus: Wisteria
Species: W. brachybotrys – W. floribunda – W. frutescens – W. sinensis

Source(s) of checklist:
sensu Compton et al., POWO

Name

Wisteria Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 115 (1818), nom. cons.

Typus: Wisteria speciosa Nutt., nom. illeg. = Wisteria frutescens (L.) Poir.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Phaseoloides Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 2: 115 (1755), nom. rej.
- Thyrsanthus Elliott, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 371 (1818), nom. illeg. non Schrank (1814).
- Wistaria Nutt. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 255 (1826).
Heterotypic
- Rehsonia Stritch, Phytologia 56: 183 (1984).
- Bradburya Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 104 (1817).
- Diplonyx Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 101 (1817) ex descr.
- Kraunhia Raf., Med. Repos. n.s. 5: 352 (1808), nom. inval..
- Kraunhia Raf. ex Greene, Pittonia 2: 175 (1891), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Krym, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Ogasawara-shoto.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland, South Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

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

References

Primary references

Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 115.

Additional references

Compton, J.A. 2015. A vignette of botany in the age of enlightenment: The story of Catesby’s climber or the Carolina kidney-bean tree, Wisteria frutescens Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 193–247. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12111 Reference page.
Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877 . Reference page.
Compton, J.A. & Lane, C. 2019. Wisteria. The Complete Guide. (RHS horticultural monograph 3). Royal Horticultural Society Peterborough, London. ISBN 978-1-907057-88-5 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Wisteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Wisteria. Published online. Accessed: Jun 21 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Wisteria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Wisteria. 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 Jun 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Wisteria. Accessed: 21 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

català: Anglesina
čeština: Wistárie
dansk: Blåregn
Deutsch: Blauregen
English: Wisteria
suomi: Sinisateet
français: Glycine
galego: Glicinia
italiano: Glicine
日本語: フジ属
lietuvių: Visterija
Nederlands: Blauweregen
polski: Glicynia
русский: Глициния
українська: Гліцинія