Aucuba chinensisBenth.

WFO wfo-0000296856 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aucuba chinensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-15 / obs. 173195444
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131633348
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by 慶得江
fig. c 慶得江, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120837734
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63242445
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by 胡正恆(Jackson Hu)
fig. e 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196520711
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by Bella Lin
fig. f Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180794291
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by Yj
fig. g Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111695111
Aucuba chinensis, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45011336

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Aucuba chinensis is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanMyanmarVietnam
Native distribution of Aucuba chinensis, 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
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Myanmar MYA ASIA-TROPICAL
Vietnam VIE

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 9 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.

  • Aucuba albopunctifolia var. angustifolia (Rehder) F.T.Wang
  • Aucuba chinensis f. angustifolia Rehder
  • Aucuba chinensis subsp. chinensis
  • Aucuba chinensis subsp. omeiensis (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang & Soong
  • Aucuba chinensis var. variegata Dombrain
  • Aucuba grandiflora C.Y.Wu
  • Aucuba omeiensis W.P.Fang
  • Aucuba yunnanensis C.Y.Wu
  • Aucuba yunnanensis var. pubigera C.Y.Wu & S.Y.Pao

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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