Callerya nitida(Benth.) R.Geesink

WFO wfo-0000193070 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Callerya nitida, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-08 / obs. 156293833
Callerya nitida, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147049281
Callerya nitida, photographed by portioid
fig. c portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26442434
Callerya nitida, photographed by Toby Y
fig. d Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160979648
Callerya nitida, photographed by Toby Y
fig. e Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158324344
Callerya nitida, photographed by Toby Y
fig. f Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101434558
Callerya nitida, photographed by Toby Y
fig. g Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162849662
Callerya nitida, photographed by Scott Edmunds
fig. h Scott Edmunds, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154905125

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Callerya nitida is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwan
Native distribution of Callerya nitida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Callerya nitida var. hirsutissima (Z.Wei) X.Y.Zhu
  • Callerya nitida var. minor (Z.Wei) X.Y.Zhu
  • Callerya tomentosa (Vogel) Endl. ex Walp.
  • Canavalia taiwaniana S.S.Ying
  • Marquartia tomentosa Vogel
  • Millettia kueichouensis Hu
  • Millettia nitida Benth.
  • Millettia nitida (Benth.) R.Geesink
  • Millettia nitida var. hirsutissima Z.Wei
  • Millettia nitida var. minor Z.Wei
  • Millettia nitida var. nitida
  • Phaseoloides nitida (Benth.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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