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Staphylea
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p><i><a href="/facts/Plants_of_the_World_Online/2m4CsqY0">Plants of the World Online</a></i> currently includes:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Staphylea affinis</i> (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea arguta</i> (Seem.) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Staphylea_bolanderi/gBHxKua5">Staphylea bolanderi</a></i> A.Gray – Sierra bladdernut. Western North America.</li> <li><i>Staphylea bumalda</i> DC. – Japanese bladdernut. Eastern Asia.</li> <li><i>Staphylea campanulata</i> J.Wen</li> <li><i>Staphylea cochinchinensis</i> (Lour.) Byng & Christenh. - Nepal to S. China and Indo-China.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Staphylea_colchica/cfw3zxqz">Staphylea colchica</a></i> Steven – Colchis bladdernut, jonjoli. Eastern Europe.</li> <li><i>Staphylea emodi</i> Wall. ex Brandis – Himalayan bladdernut. Himalaya.</li> <li><i>Staphylea formosana</i> (Nakai) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea forrestii</i> Balf.f. – China.</li> <li><i>Staphylea holocarpa</i> Hemsl. – China.</li> <li><i>Staphylea indochinensis</i> (Merr.) Byng & Christenh. - S. China, N. Vietnam</li> <li><i>Staphylea insignis</i> (Tul.) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea japonica</i> (Thunb.) Mabb.</li> <li><i>Staphylea macrosperma</i> (C.C.Huang) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea megaphylla</i> (Tul.) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Staphylea_pinnata/RCm3Bpy6">Staphylea pinnata</a></i> L. – European bladdernut. Europe.</li> <li><i>Staphylea pringlei</i> S.Watson – Mexico.</li> <li><i>Staphylea shweliensis</i> W.W.Sm. – China.</li> <li><i>Staphylea subsessilifolia</i> (C.Y.Wu) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea ternata</i> (Nakai) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i>Staphylea tricornuta</i> (Lundell) Byng & Christenh.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Staphylea_trifolia/9bA4Du9h">Staphylea trifolia</a></i> L. – American bladdernut. Eastern North America.</li> <li><i>Staphylea yuanjiangensis</i> K.M.Feng & T.Z.Hsu</li></ul> <p>Some <a href="/facts/Botany/PaIRoxnb">botanists</a> previously included the closely related <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> <i><a href="/facts/Turpinia/HsI1Xsgf">Turpinia</a></i> in <i>Staphylea</i>. </p> <h2 id="cultivation-and-uses">Cultivation and uses</h2> <p>Several species are grown as <a href="/facts/Ornamental_plant/ImyCDwMW">ornamental plants</a> for their flowers and peculiar bladder-like fruit. The popular <i>Staphylea × elegans</i> is a <a href="/facts/Hybrid_(biology)/pzVJ54xU">hybrid</a> of unknown origin, probably between <i>S. colchica</i> and <i>S. pinnata</i>. The pickled flowers can be served as a side dish in <a href="/facts/Georgian_cuisine/zQGFsqIH">Georgian cuisine</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Staphylea. <ul><li><a href="http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&name_str=Staphylea&btnSearch=Search">EFloras: search results for <i>Staphylea</i></a></li> <li><a href="http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Staphylea&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=">Flora Europaea: <i>Staphylea</i></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Staphyleaceae/Staphylea.html"><i>Staphylea</i></a> - at desert-tropicals.com</li> <li><a href="http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/sttr.htm"><i>Staphylea trifolia</i> images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>NRCS. "Staphylea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 December 2015. <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service" target="_blank">/wiki/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Staphylea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021. <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36585-1" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36585-1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Delicious Georgian appetizer – Jonjoli". <a href="https://www.georgianjournal.ge/georgian-cuisine/32359-delicious-georgian-appetizer-jonjoli.html" target="_blank">https://www.georgianjournal.ge/georgian-cuisine/32359-delicious-georgian-appetizer-jonjoli.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>