Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast

Introduced into:

Cape Provinces, Czechoslovakia, District of Columbia, Egypt, France, Free State, Hungary, India, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Romania, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 11(1): 1-541. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• ILDIS (2010-continuously updated). ILDIS - International Legume Database & Information Service http://www.ildis.org/.
• Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
• Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Sophora japonica.]

Kew Species Profiles

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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