Cladrastis kentukea

For other plants with a similar common name, see Yellowwood.

Cladrastis kentukea
Kentucky yellowwood flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Cladrastis
Species:
C. kentukea
Binomial name
Cladrastis kentukea
(Dum.Cours.) Rudd (1971)
Natural range of Cladrastis kentukea
Close-up of natural range of Cladrastis kentukea
Synonyms[2]
  • Cladrastis albiflora Raf.
  • Cladrastis fragrans Raf.
  • Cladrastis kentuckensis (Dum.Cours.) Jacks.
  • Cladrastis kentuckensis Raf.
  • Cladrastis kentuckensis Raf. ex B.D. Jacks.
  • Cladrastis lutea (Michx.) K.Koch
  • Cladrastis lutea Raf.
  • Cladrastis tinctoria Raf.
  • Sophora kentukea Dum.Cours.
  • Virgilia alba Raf.
  • Virgilia kentuckensis Raf.
  • Virgilia lutea Michx.

Cladrastis kentukea, the Kentucky yellowwood or American yellowwood (syn. C. lutea, C. tinctoria), is a species of Cladrastis native to the Southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama. The tree is sometimes also called Virgilia.[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Cladrastis kentukea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T153739999A181463533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T153739999A181463533.en. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ Keeler, Harriet L. (1900). Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them. New York: Charles ScribNer's Sons. pp. 116–118.