Taxon:  Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. giraldii (Diels) Vorosch.



Summary
Genus:
Actinidia
Section:
Leiocarpae
Series:
Lamellatae
Family:
Actinidiaceae
Nomen number:
419961
Place of publication:
Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 84:33.  1972
Verified:
07/22/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. (79 active accession[s])
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. arguta (11 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
Basionym
Actinidia giraldii Diels

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. nervosa C. F. Liang
Actinidia kwangsiensis H. L. Li
Actinidia melanandra Franch. var. kwangsiensis (H. L. Li) C. F. Liang

No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Ferguson, A. R. & H. Huang. 2007. Genetic resources of kiwifruit: domestication and breeding. Hort. Rev. 33:1-121. Note: mentions
  3. Huang, H. & Y. Liu. 2014. Natural hybridization, introgression breeding, and cultivar improvement in the genus Actinidia. Tree Genet. Genomes 10:1113-1122.
  4. 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. Note: it recognized Actinidia arguta
  5. Li, H. L. 1952. A taxonomic review of the genus Actinidia. J. Arnold Arbor. 33:32. Note: = Aesculus arguta var. arguta
  6. Ollitrault-Sammarcelli, F. et al. 1994. Use of flow cytometry for rapid determination of ploidy level in the genus Actinidia. Sci. Hort. 57:303-313. Note: reported as 2n=58, but probably based on a misidentification (see Ferguson & Huang 2007)
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
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-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 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-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]

Reference(s)
  1. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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=419961. Accessed 15 April 2026.