Family:
Actinidiaceae Engl. & Gilg
Genus:
Actinidia Lindl.

Actinidia chinensis Planch.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & S. China.

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan

Introduced into:

Arkansas, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Sweden

Actinidia chinensis Planch. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 10, 2006 Fortune, R. [39], China K000229484 Unknown type material Yes
15234.000 No
16476.000 No
Fortune, R. [39], China K000229482 Yes
Henry, A. [5834 A], Hubei K000229483 Yes
Henry, A. [1754], Hubei K000229481 Yes

First published in London J. Bot. 6: 303 (1847)

Accepted by

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

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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