Ailanthus Desf.

First published in Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1786: 265 (1788), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Botswana, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1961 s.coll. [1639] Vietnam K000651356 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1961 s.coll. [1639] Vietnam K000938944 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K004828303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004828298 Yes
Wadhwa, B.M.; Weerasooriya, A.; Samarasinghe, D. [536] Sri Lanka K001574743 Yes
Hunt, P. (Mr.) [45/A] K004828302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004828301 Yes
s.coll. [1781] K004828304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004828300 Yes
Hunt, P. (Mr.) [45/A] K004828305 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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