Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Sapindales > Family Simaroubaceae > Genus Ailanthus

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ailanthus*	Desf.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Toxicodendron altissima*	Mill.	basionym
*Toxicodendron altissima*	Mill.	homotypic synonym
*Ailanthus glandulosa*	Desf.	heterotypic synonym
*Ailanthus peregrina*	(Buc'hoz) F. A. Barkley	heterotypic synonym
*Pongelion cacodendron*	(Ehrh.) Farw.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: llantio sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Catalan: ailant; ailantus; cornissa; fals vernís; hivernenc; irlando; vernís de Japó; vernís del japó sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Dutch: Hemelboom sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Tree-of-heaven sources: Charles Hussey

Galician: ailanto; árbore do ceo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Georgian: ხემყრალი sources: Georgia PESI focal point

German: Drüsiger Götterbaum; Götterbaum; Hoch-Götterbaum sources: german PESI focal point;Germany PESI focal point

Greek: Αείλανθος sources: Greek PESI focal point

Lithuanian: aukštasis ailantas sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Norwegian: gudetre sources: Norwegian PESI focal point

Norwegian Bokmål: gudetre

Norwegian Nynorsk: gudetre

Portuguese: ailanto; ailanto-da-China sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Romanian: Oţetar sources: Romania PESI focal point

Russian: айлант высочайший sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: visoki pajesen sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: ailanto; ailanto glanduloso; árbol de la China; árbol de los dioses; árbol del cielo; árbol del Japón; arcacia; barniz del Japón; gandul de carretera; noguera loca; oilanto; zumaque del Japón; zumaque falso sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: gudaträd

Turkish: Kokar agac; Kokar ağaç sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Айлант найвищий; Айлант найвищий (китайський ясен); Ясен китайський sources: Ukranian PESI focal point;Ukraine PESI focal point

Valencian: ailant sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Welsh: coeden y nefoedd

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Swingle in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6. 1916.

Genbank

Citation

Jury, S. (2009): Simaroubaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=C714C98E-B122-4E9A-A017-DDB692204673