Ardisia polystictaMiq.

WFO wfo-0000544948 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ardisia polysticta, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-30 / obs. 179702040
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by joniyang
fig. b joniyang, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177532327
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by chen ying-hsiao
fig. c chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 152636954
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140388383
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110883575
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. f agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56359587
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by 楊富鈞
fig. g 楊富鈞, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22784311
Ardisia polysticta, photographed by fagushayata
fig. h fagushayata, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 32001229

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Ardisia polysticta is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaLaosMalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Ardisia polysticta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ardisia evonymifolia Pit.
  • Ardisia jagorii Mez
  • Ardisia lenticellata H.R.Fletcher
  • Ardisia maculosa Mez
  • Ardisia nemorosa Pit.
  • Ardisia oldhamii Mez
  • Ardisia pardalina Mez
  • Ardisia patens Mez
  • Ardisia patens var. tonkinensis Pit.
  • Ardisia perpunctata Elmer ex Merr.
  • Ardisia punctipetala Merr.
  • Ardisia radians Hemsl. & Mez
  • Ardisia ramosii Merr.
  • Ardisia rectangularis Hayata
  • Ardisia sinuato-crenata Mez
  • Ardisia stellifera Pit.
  • Ardisia tonkinensis Aug.DC.
  • Ardisia virens Kurz
  • Ardisia virens var. annamensis Pit.
  • Bladhia oldhamii (Mez) Masam.
  • Bladhia radians (Hemsl. & Mez) Masam.
  • Bladhia virens (Kurz) Nakai
  • Tinus polysticta (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Tinus virens (Kurz) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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