Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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3722.000 Wisteria
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Deciduous woody climbers. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 9-19; margin entire. Inflorescence of pendulous simple racemes. Calyx 5-toothed; the upper partly fused, the lower 3 longer. Standard large, reflexed, bearing 2 appendages at base; wings falcate; keel obtuse. Pod 2-valved, flattened. Derivation of name: After Caspar Wistar, 1761-1818, professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| sinensis (Sims) Sweet | Image |
Other sources of information about Wisteria:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): WisteriaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Wisteria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Wisteria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Wisteria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Wisteria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Wisteria
JSTOR Plant Science: Wisteria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Wisteria
Plants of the World Online: Wisteria
Tropicos: Wisteria
Wikipedia: Wisteria
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