Lespedeza Michx.

Doubtfully present in:

Hainan

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Rhode I., Sakhalin, South Carolina, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Arizona, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Hawaii, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Ohashi, K. (2009). A revision of Lespedeza subgenus Lepspedeza (Leguminosae) of China. The Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 143-166.