Biology:Actinidia callosa

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Short description: Species of plant

Actinidia callosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Actinidia
Species:
A. callosa
Binomial name
Actinidia callosa
Synonyms[1]

Actinidia callosa, the Himalayan kiwi vine, is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae.[2]

A deciduous climber reaching 30 m (98 ft), it is found in a wide variety of habitats at elevations from 400 to 2,600 m (1,300 to 8,500 ft).[3] Cultivated for its fruit, there is considerable doubt that it is a good species given vagrancies in the distributions of its varieties and its variable chromosome numbers.[3]

Distribution

Actinidia callosa is the species of Actinidia which has the largest natural distribution across the world,[4]: 28  and is found in the Himalayas, central and southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and parts of South East Asia, including Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.[1]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Actinidia callosa var. acuminata C.F.Liang – Rucheng County, China
  • Actinidia callosa var. callosa – Himalayas, Nepal, Assam, Myanmar, south-central China, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Actinidia callosa var. discolor C.F.Liang – southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Actinidia callosa var. henryi Maxim. – Tibet, central & southern China
  • Actinidia callosa var. pubescens Dunn – Assam, Yunnan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Actinidia callosa var. strigillosa C.F.Liang – Guizhou, China

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Actinidia callosa Lindl." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/828394-1. 
  2. "Himalayan Kiwi Vine". Flowers of India. 2023. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Kiwi%20Vine.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "硬齿猕猴桃 ying chi mi hou tao". efloras.org. 2023. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013884. 
  4. Ferguson, A. R. (1990). "The Genus Actinidia". Kiwifruit Science and Management. Auckland: New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science. pp. 1–35. ISBN 0-908596-28-6. 

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