Distribution
Native to:
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
Introduced into:
Arkansas, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Illinois, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Maryland, Montana, New York, Romania, Spain, Utah, Washington
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Ligustrum suspensum Thunb. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 209 (1780)
- Rangium suspensum (Thunb.) Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 140 (1932)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Forsythia fortunei Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 412 (1864)
- Forsythia giraldiana f. pubescens (Rehder) C.S.Niu in Niu Chun Shan (ed.), Dendrologia Schensiensis: 999 (1990)
- Forsythia sieboldii (Zabel) Dippel in Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 109 (1889)
- Forsythia suspensa f. atrocaulis Rehder in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 21: 193 (1912)
- Forsythia suspensa f. aureovariegata Koehne in Gartenflora 55: 206 (1906)
- Forsythia suspensa f. decipiens Koehne in Gartenflora 55: 204 (1906)
- Forsythia suspensa var. fortunei (Lindl.) Rehder in Gartenflora 40: 398 (1891)
- Forsythia suspensa var. latifolia Rehder in Publ. Arnold Arbor. 2: 302 (1912)
- Forsythia suspensa f. pallida Koehne in Gartenflora 55: 206 (1906)
- Forsythia suspensa f. pubescens Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 302 (1912)
- Forsythia suspensa var. pubescens (Rehder) Lingelsh. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 243 II: 95 (1920)
- Forsythia suspensa var. sieboldii Zabel in Gartenflora 34: 36 (1885)
- Forsythia suspensa f. variegata (Butz) Rehder in Man. Cult. Trees: 749 (1927)
- Forsythia suspensa var. variegata (Butz) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1268 (1915)
- Forsythia suspensa variegata Butz in Rep. (Annual) Pennsylvania Agric. Exp. Sta. 1899-1900: 376 (1901)
- Lilac perpensa Lam. in Encycl. 3: 513 (1792)
- Syringa suspensa Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14.: 57 (1784)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Kew Species Profiles
- Bensky, D., Gamble, A. & Kaptchuk, T. (comps) (1993). Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica. Revised and translated edition. Eastland Press, Seattle.
- Bown, D. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Herbs and their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London.
- DeWolf, G.P. & Hebb, R.S. (1971). The story of Forsythia. Arnoldia 31: 41-63.
- Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Vol. 2: D to K. Macmillan, London.
- Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Ohwi, J. (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Usher, G. (1974). A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, London.
- Wee Yeow Chin & Hsuan Keng (1992). An Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Medicinal Herbs. CRCS Publications, Sebastopol, California (originally published in 1990 by Times Editions, Singapore).
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2011). Forsythia suspensa. Published on the internet by the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Meyer, F.N. [269], China | K000901614 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0