Wisteria brachybotrys Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 92. t. 45. (1839)

= Wisteria venusta Rehder & E. H. Wilson, Publ. Arnold Arbor. 4 vol. 2: 514 (1916). Type: Japan, Hondo [Honshu], Musashi, [cultivated] Iris Garden, Kamata, 27 April 1914, E.H.Wilson 6580, US00003998 (US, lecto.!, designated by Compton and Lack (2012)); (GH, isolecto.!); K (as E.H.Wilson 6580, but dated 6 May 1914)

≡ Rehsonia venusta (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Stritch, Phytologia 56(3): 183 (1984).

Type.

Japan, "1829, Herb. de Siebold " [Fl. Jap.: t. 45.], L0176059 (L, lecto.!, designated by Compton and Lack (2012)); "Japonia coll. Dr. von Siebold donné par Mr Blume" P02942362 (P, isolecto.!) ≡ Phaseoloides [ Phaseolodes] brachybotrys (Siebold & Zucc.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 202 (1891) ≡ Millettia floribunda var. brachybotrys (Siebold & Zucc.) Matsum., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 64 (1902) ≡ Kraunhia sinensis var. brachybotrys (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 76 (1910) ≡ Kraunhia floribunda var. brachybotrys (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 18 (1911) ≡ Rehsonia brachybotrys (Siebold & Zucc.) Stritch, Phytologia 56(3): 184 (1984)

Illustrations.

Compton in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 32 (3-4): 305, Pl. 816 & 817, t. 1 & 2 (2015d); Wei and Pedley, Fl. China 10: 189, t. 223 [8] (2010). Plate 3G.

Distribution.

Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku).

Habitat.

Climbing over trees and shrubs in mixed evergreen and deciduous forest and along riverbanks at sea level to 1000 m.