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Taxon:  Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai



Summary
Genus:
Lespedeza
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Lespedezinae
Nomen number:
21904
Place of publication:
Lespedeza Japan Korea 15. 1927
Comment:
a horticultural species
Verified:
05/30/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai subsp. elliptica (Benth. ex Maxim.) H. Ohashi (0 active accession[s])
Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai subsp. formosa (Vogel) H. Ohashi (0 active accession[s])
Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai subsp. satsumensis (Nakai) H. Ohashi (0 active accession[s])
Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai subsp. thunbergii (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium penduliflorum Oudem.
Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. var. sieboldii (Miq.) Maxim.
Lespedeza penduliflora (Oudem.) Nakai
Lespedeza penduliflora (Oudem.) Nakai var. penduliflora
Lespedeza sieboldii Miq.
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Reference(s)
  1. Akiyama, S. 1988. A revision of the genus Lespedeza section Macrolespedeza (Leguminosae). Bull. Univ. Mus. Univ. Tokyo 33:158.
  2. Barnard, I. 2006. Exotic plant introduction in Kansas, two new species. Sida 22:777-779.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  5. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). Note: = Lespedeza formosa (Vogel) Koehne
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  10. National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
  11. Ohashi, H. 1981. Notes on Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai. J. Jap. Bot. 56:239-244.
  12. Ohashi, H. 1986. Notes on Lespedeza thunbergii and its wild ancester, var. patens (Leguminosae). J. Jap. Bot. 61:114-126.
  13. Ohashi, H. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Japan, Taiwan data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  16. Welsh, S. L. 1978. Utah flora: Fabaceae (Leguminosae). Great Basin Naturalist 38:318.
  17. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Thunberg's lespedeza –
German
Thunbergs Buschklee –
Japanese Rōmaji
miyagino-hagi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
6Other    probable hybrid origin
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Other (probable hybrid origin)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Ohashi, H. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Japan, Taiwan data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Fuelsfuelwood National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21904. Accessed 15 May 2025.