- Taxon
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Classification
Class
Family
Genus
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa A.Chev. (1941)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson (1984)
- = Actinidia chinensis f. chlorocarpa C.F.Liang
- ≡ Actinidia deliciosa var. chlorocarpa (C.F.Liang) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson
- = Actinidia chinensis f. longipila C.F.Liang & R.Z.Wang
- ≡ Actinidia deliciosa var. longipila (Liang & Wang) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson
- = Actinidia latifolia var. deliciosa A.Chev. (1940)
- = Actinidia deliciosa var. coloris T.H.Lin & X.Y.Xiong (1991)
Description
Vigorous, dioecious, densely hairy liane. Shoots with shaggy, reddish, simple hairs when young; pith lamellate. Petioles reddish tomentose, very variable in length but usually < lamina. Lamina to c. 14 × 14 cm (sometimes more in cultivation), suborbicular to broadly ovate, with tomentum of whitish stellate hairs beneath, also with simple scattered reddish hairs, mainly on veins, becoming glabrous or glabrate above; margins denticulate or ciliate; base cordate or subcordate. Cymes of 1 or several fls. Sepals 1.2–1.5 cm long, ovate, brown-tomentose. Petals 1.5–3 cm long, larger in ♀ than ♂ fls, suborbicular to broadly ellipsoid, white. Ovary brown-tomentose; styles 7–8 mm long. Fr. 4–8–(10) × 3–4 cm, ellipsoid to oblong, brown-tomentose; pulp green. Seed black, alveolate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Dec.
Bibliography
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson]
Huang, H.W. 2014: Kiwifruit: The genus Actinidia. Science Press, Beijing.
Li, X-W; Li, J-Q; Soejarto, D.D. 2007: New synonyms in Actinidiaceae from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45(5): 633–660.
