View source for Celastrus orbiculatus

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|accepted_name=Celastrus orbiculatus
|accepted_authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Veg. ed.
|place=14, 237. 1784
|year=1784
}}
|common_names=Oriental bittersweet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Celastrus;Celastrus orbiculatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celastrus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Celastrus orbiculatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 120
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines </b>40+ m. <b>Leaves</b>: blade suborbiculate to broadly oblong-obovate or ovate-orbiculate, 4–6 × 3–5 cm, aestivation conduplicate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes, 1–2 cm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: pollen white. <b>Capsules</b> yellow when mature, globose, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> orange, ellipsoid, 6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Thickets, woodland margins, open woods, roadsides, usually rich soils.
|elevation=0–900 m.
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Asia (China;Japan;Korea).
|discussion=<p>Celastrus orbiculatus has become a seriously invasive plant in much of eastern North America.</p>
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name=Celastrus orbiculatus
|author=
|authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Thickets, woodland margins, open woods, roadsides, usually rich soils.
|elevation=0–900 m.
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Asia (China;Japan;Korea).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg. ed.
|publication year=1784
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_586.xml
|genus=Celastrus
|species=Celastrus orbiculatus
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