Sophora japonica Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 287; Mantissa Plantarum: 68. 1767.

"Habitat in Japonia. Kleinhoff." RCN: 2936.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 522.10 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 522.9 (LINN) .

Current name: Sophora japonica L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: This name does not appear to have been typified, although several authors (e.g. Sousa & Rudd in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 273. 1993) indicate (presumably from the protologue) unspecified Kleynhoff material as type. Isely (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25: 251. 1981) dismissed material in LINN from consideration in typification, and Sousa & Rudd also note that 522.9 (LINN) is not identifiable with the current usage of the name.