*Styphnolobium japonicum (Linnaeus) Schott. Common name: Japanese Pagoda Tree. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Cultivated ornamental, rarely persistent. Distribution: Native of China. Reported as "slightly escaped" in the United States by Isely (1981); most specimens in herbaria are from cultivated plants. Steury (2011) and Zell (2012) reported it as well-established and invasive in Arlington County, VA. Also reported for c. MD, se. PA, s. OH, and Long Island, NY (Kartesz 2022).
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, NY, POWO, Sousa S. & Rudd (1993); = n/a — C, Tat; = Sophora japonica L. — NS, Pa, Isely (1981), Isely (1998). Basionym: Sophora japonica L. 1767
Links to other floras: = Styphnolobium japonicum - FNA11.1
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