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Taxon:
Ailanthus altissimus
(Mill.) Swingle
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ailanthus
Family:
Simaroubaceae
Nomen number:
2072
Place of publication:
J. Washington Acad. Sci. 6:495. 1916 "
altissima
"
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2006091
Verified:
12/11/2019
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Ailanthus altissimus
(Mill.) Swingle var.
altissimus
(0 active accession[s])
Ailanthus altissimus
(Mill.) Swingle var.
sutchuenensis
(Dode) Rehder & E. H. Wilson
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Toxicodendron altissimum
Mill.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ailanthus cacodendron
(Ehrh.) Schinz & Thell.
Ailanthus glandulosus
Desf.
Rhus cacodendron
Ehrh.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Chen Fenghwai & Wu Telin.
1991-. Flora of Guangdong.
Conant, P. et al.
1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ailanthus+altissima&quantity=1
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Jiangsu Institute of Botany.
1982. Flora of Jiangsu.
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lee, S.-C.
1935. Forest botany of China. 694.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Meyer, F. G. et al.
1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University.
1998. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21.
URL:
http://www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/pub/97/17.pdf
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
St. John, H.
1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Takhtajan, A. L., ed.
1954-1987. Flora Armenii.
USDA National Agricultural Library.
National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/treeheaven.shtml
Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds.
2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):45-48.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
China-sumac –
Reference(s)
Chinese tree-of-heaven –
Reference(s)
stinktree –
Reference(s)
tree-of-heaven –
Reference(s)
varnishtree –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
hemelboom –
Reference(s)
French
vernis de la Chine –
Reference(s)
verno –
Reference(s)
German
drüsiger Götterbaum –
Reference(s)
Italian
ailanto –
Reference(s)
albero del paradiso –
Reference(s)
Swedish
gudaträd –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
chou chun –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
ajlant vysočajšij –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Anhui Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Gansu Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hebei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Henan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hubei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangsu Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Liaoning Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Nei Mongol Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shaanxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shandong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shanxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Africa
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Azores
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Europe
Europe
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Canada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Southern America
South America
s.
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Portugal
[Azores]
REGION:
Africa
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
REGION:
Europe
Northern America
REGION:
Canada
,
Mexico
,
United States
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
REGION:
South America
(s.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Environmental
shade/shelter
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Fuels
potential as fuelwood
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Invertebrate food
silkworms
for larvae of moth
Attacus cynthia
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Materials
wood
timber
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Materials
wood
timber fide Noxweed Aust
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Weed
potential seed contaminant
fide Econ Pl Aust
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Name
References