Published in Trait‚ des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France, Trait‚ des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France; 1800, p.139, t.43(f.2), 1815
The native range of this species is Siberia to N. & Central Japan and Himalaya. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.