Taxon:  Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq.



Summary
Genus:
Actinidia
Section:
Leiocarpae
Series:
Lamellatae
Family:
Actinidiaceae
Nomen number:
1389
Place of publication:
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3:15.  1867
Verified:
07/22/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
172 (79  active, 24  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. arguta (11 active accession[s])
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. giraldii (Diels) Vorosch. (0 active accession[s])
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. hypoleuca (Nakai) Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
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  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
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  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  7. Ferguson, A. R. & A. G. Seal. 2008. Kiwifruit. In: Hancock, J. F., ed., Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 8:235-264.
  8. Ferguson, A. R. 2007. The need for characterisation and evaluation of germplasm: kiwifruit as an example. Euphytica 154:371-382. Note: cites Actinidia arguta and "A. arguta purpurea"; additionally, it mentions the scarcity of their representation in germplasm collections
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Haines, A. & T. F. Vining. 1998. Flora of Maine: a manual for identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of Maine.
  11. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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  14. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  15. Kataoka, I. et al. 2010. Ploidy variation of hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta) resources and geographic distribution in Japan. Sci. Hort. 124:409-414.
  16. Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
  17. Kokudo, K. et al. 2003. Phylogenetic classification of introduced and indigenous Actinidia in Japan and identification of interspecific hybrids using RAPD analysis. Acta Hort. 610:351-356.
  18. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  19. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  20. Li, H. L. 1952. A taxonomic review of the genus Actinidia. J. Arnold Arbor. 33:31.
  21. Li, J. et al. 2002. Molecular phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Actinidia (Actinidiaceae). Syst. Bot. 27:408-415. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
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  23. Liu, Y. et al. 2017. Rapid radiations of both kiwifruit hybrid lineages and their parents shed light on a two-layer mode of species diversification. New Phytol. 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14607.
  24. Man, Y. et al. 2011. Development of microsatellite markers in Actinidia arguta (Actinidiaceae) based on the NCBI data platform. Amer. J. Bot. e310-e315.
  25. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
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  31. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  32. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbaby kiwi  1Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Englishbaby kiwifruit  1Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Englishbower actinidia  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishhardy kiwi http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Actinidia&quantity=51Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Englishhardy kiwifruit http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Actinidia&quantity=51Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Englishtaravine  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishvine-pear  1Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Chineseruan zao mi hou tao软枣猕猴桃 2Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Frenchactinidier  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Germanjapanische Stachelbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanscharfzähniger Strahlengriffel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Japanese Rōmajisaru-nashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKurile Islands Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand   
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile   
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine Haines, A. & T. F. Vining. 1998. Flora of Maine: a manual for identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of Maine.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin]
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Korea, South, Taiwan
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Massachusetts]

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Haines, A. & T. F. Vining. 1998. Flora of Maine: a manual for identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of Maine.
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  5. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  7. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Human foodfruit Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodfruit Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Materialschemicalssource of chlorophyll and polysaccharides of potential use for human healthAtkinson, R. G. & E. A. Macrae. 2007. Chapter I.13 Kiwifruit. Biotechnol. Agric. Forest. 60:329-346.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1389. Accessed 15 April 2026.