Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, 1916

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🇫🇷 Ailante, Ailante glanduleux, Ailanthe, Faux vernis du Japon

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Tribe: Ailantheae
Genus: Ailanthus
Species: Ailanthus altissima

Presence

Introduced invasive.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Rhus typhina L., 1756, whose leaflets margins are dentate, while those of A. altissima are broadly crenate.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. altissima var. altissima (Mill.) Swingle, 1916, P;
A. altissima var. sutchuenensis (Dode) Rehder & E.H.Wilson, 1917;
A. altissima var. tanakae (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki, 1936.

Photographs

img/ailanthus-altissima.webp — Ailanthus altissima

img/ailanthus-altissima-2.webp — Ailanthus altissima

img/ailanthus-altissima-3.webp — Ailanthus altissima - Compound leaf

Sources

Oldfield, S. (2024). Ailanthus altissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T62993A67810745.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1056). Biotope.