Wisteriopsis japonica var. japonica ≡ Wisteria japonica Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap.: 88. (1839)

Compton, James A., Schrire, Brian D., Koenyves 3, Kalman, Forest, Felix, Malakasi, Panagiota, Sawai Mattapha, & Sirichamorn, Yotsawate, 2019, The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences, PhytoKeys 125, pp. 1-112 : 41-42

Wisteriopsis japonica var. japonica ≡ Wisteria japonica Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap.: 88. (1839)

≡ Millettia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) A.Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 386. (1858)

≡ Phaseoloides [ Phaseolodes ] japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 201. (1891)

≡ Kraunhia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Taub., Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzen- fam. 3(3): 271. (1894).

Illustration.

Compton in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 32 (3-4): 379, t. 2 (2015); Fig. 5 , Plate 3 A–D .

Distribution.

Japan in south-western Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu islands; South Korea in North and South Gyeongsang and North and South Jeolla provinces.

Habitat.

In woods and forests from sea level to 1200 m, climbing among scrub and trees.

Figures

Plate 3. Wisteriopsis and Wisteria. A Wisteriopsis japonica, Cultivated, J. C. Raulston Arboretum, North Carolina 980008 - 17 B Wisteriopsis japonica Japan, Honshu near Kyoto G. Lewis, unvouchered C, D Wisteriopsis japonica, Cultivated, J. C. Raulston Arboretum, North Carolina 980008 - 17 E Wisteriopsis reticulata Cultivated, J. Compton s. n .. unvouchered F Wisteria frutescens Cultivated, B. Schrire unvouchered G Wisteria brachybotrys cultivated, B. Schrire unvouchered.

Figure 5. Wisteriopsis japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) J. Compton & Schrire. A Habit B stipels C lower surface of leaflet D flower bud with bract and bracteoles E flower F 1 calyx outer surface F 2 calyx inner surface and detail of hairs G standard petal inner surface H wing petal I keel petal J staminal column K ovary and style L pods M pod interior and seed N ventral view of seed O lateral view of seed A-C, E-K from Maximowicz s. n .. 1863 D from Oldham 386, L-O from Togasi MSM 1, 1950. Drawn by Margaret Tebbs.