Actinidia chinensis var. setosa
| Actinidia chinensis var. setosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Actinidiaceae |
| Genus: | Actinidia |
| Species: | |
| Variety: | A. c. var. setosa
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| Trinomial name | |
| Actinidia chinensis var. setosa H.L.Li
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Actinidia chinensis var. setosa, also known as Taiwanese kiwifruit,[2] is a sub-species of Actinidia chinensis, a flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae. The taxon is native to Taiwan.[1]
Taxonomy
The taxon was first formally described in 1952 by Hui-lin Li, based on a specimen collected by Ernest Henry Wilson collected in October 1908 from Alishan, Taiwan.[3] Li distinguished Setosa due to its thinner, relatively larger and much narrower leaves, which always had pointed apices, and because specimens of the plants consistently showed coarse hairs on the upper surface of leaves.[4]: 40 In 1985 the taxonomy of Actinidia was revised by Chou-Fen Liang and A. R. Ferguson, who raised the taxon to species level, naming it Actinidia setosa.[5] In the 2007 edition of the Flora of China, the taxon name was revised again, returning the preferred binomial nomenclature to Actinidia chinensis var. setosa.[6][1]
Phylogenetic analysis has shown that Actinidia chinensis var. setosa is more closely related to Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa than to Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis.[7]
Habitat
The species is a liana, and grows in temperate biomes. The subspecies is endemic to Taiwan.[1] The taxon grows in mountain forests, between a height of 1,300–2,600 m (4,300–8,500 ft) above sea-level.[6]
Hybridisation
The taxon can form hybrid forms with Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa.[6] While Actinidia chinensis var.chinensis and Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa form hybrids in the wild due to overlapping ranges in central south China, this does not occur for Actinidia chinensis var. setosa, due to its wild range being restricted to Taiwan.[4]: 49–51
Domestication
A cultivar of Actinidia chinensis var. setosa called No. 9, collected from Ma Mountain in Taichung County, is being investigated for potential cultivation as a commercial species.[2]
Gallery
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Herbarium specimen of Actinidia chinensis var. setosa
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Flowers of Actinidia chinensis var. setosa
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Leaves of Actinidia chinensis var. setosa
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Inside of wild fruit
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Actinidia chinensis var. setosa (labelled S) in comparison to other kiwifruit species
References
- ^ a b c d "Actinidia chinensis var. setosa H.L.Li". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ a b Hui-Na CHOU; Cheng-Chu NEE; Andi Shau-Mei OU; Tse-Heng CHOU; Chia-Chen CHIEN (2008). "Characterization of the physico-chemical and antioxidant properties of Taiwanese kiwifruit (Actinidia setosa)" (PDF). Botanical Studies. 49 (3): 215–224. ISSN 1817-406X. Wikidata Q100529977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017.
- ^ Li, Hui-Lin (1952). "A taxonomic review of the genus Actinidia". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 33 (1): 1–61. doi:10.5962/P.333934. ISSN 0004-2625. JSTOR 43786583. Wikidata Q100559822.
- ^ a b Ferguson, A. R. (1990). "Botanical Nomenclature: Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, and Actinidia setosa". In Warrington, I. J.; Weston, G. C. (eds.). Kiwifruit Science and Management. Auckland: New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science. pp. 36–57. ISBN 0-908596-28-6.
- ^ Liang, C.-F.; Ferguson, A. R. (1985). "Revision of the infraspecific taxa of Actinidia chinensis Planch". Guihaia. 5: 71–72.
- ^ a b c Wu, Zh.Y.; Raven, P. H.; Hong, D.-Y., eds. (2007). "1. ACTINIDIA Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2, 439. 1836" (PDF). Flora of China. 12: 334–355.
- ^ Haifeng Lin; Ling Jiang; Fuquan Zhang; Di Bai (21 October 2019). "Assembly and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Actinidia setosa". Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources. 4 (2): 3679–3680. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1678423. ISSN 2380-2359. PMID 33366140. Wikidata Q104579682.