Wisteria brachybotrys Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 92. t. 45. (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 : 69

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.

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.