 | The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (December 2010) |
| Oriental bittersweet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Celastrus |
| Species: | C. orbiculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | |
Celastrus orbiculatus is a woody vine of the family Celastraceae.[1] It is commonly called Oriental bittersweet,[2][3][4] as well as Chinese bittersweet,[3] Asian bittersweet,[4] round-leaved bittersweet,[4] and Asiatic bittersweet.
It is native to China, where it is the most widely distributed Celastrus species, and to Japan and Korea.[5] It was introduced into North America in 1879,[6] and is considered to be an invasive species in eastern North America.[7] It closely resembles the native North American species, Celastrus scandens, with which it will readily hybridize.[8]
- ^ Hou, D. (1955). "A revision of the genus Celastrus". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 42 (3). Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 215–302. doi:10.2307/2394657. JSTOR 2394657.
- ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 402. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b Weeks, Sally S.; Weeks, Harmon P. (Jr.) (2011). Shrubs and woody vines of Indiana and the Midwest: Identification, wildlife values, and landscaping use. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. p. 392. ISBN 9781557536105.
- ^ a b c Czarapata, Elizabeth J. (2005). Invasive plants of the upper Midwest: An illustrated guide to their identification and control. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780299210540.
- ^ Zhang, Zhixiang; Funston, Michele. "Celastrus orbiculatus". Flora of China. Vol. 11 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Celastrus orbiculatus – Oriental Bittersweet Vine". Conservation New England. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ^ "Celastrus orbiculatus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ White, Orland E.; Wray M. Bowden (1947). "Oriental and American Bittersweet Hybrids". Journal of Heredity. 38 (4): 125–128. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a105705. PMID 20242535.