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Taxon:  Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl



Summary
Genus:
Forsythia
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Forsythieae
Nomen number:
231
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:39. 1804
Verified:
08/18/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Syringa suspensa Thunb.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Kim, K.-J. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of Forsythia (Oleaceae) based on chloroplast DNA variation. Pl. Syst. Evol. 218:113-123.
  9. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  11. Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
  12. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  13. Suh, J. K. et al. 2011. Identification and evaluation of Forsythia germplasm using molecular markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 58:1225-1235.
  14. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: with two varieties
  15. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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  17. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
forsythia –
golden-bell –
goldenbells –
weeping forsythia –
weeping goldenbells –
Swedish
hängforsythia –
Transcribed Chinese
lian qiao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Shengw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng (w.), Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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=231. Accessed 10 May 2025.