Chionanthus ramiflorusRoxb.

WFO wfo-0000830215 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. a Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-27 / obs. 180850338
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Brendan McIntyre
fig. b Brendan McIntyre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146308109
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. c Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 111778064
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. d Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 111562588
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. e Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 105704426
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by coenobita
fig. f coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30917352
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175237685
Chionanthus ramiflorus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. h Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178187216

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Chionanthus ramiflorus is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Queensland China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaQueensland Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Chionanthus ramiflorus, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

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 48 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.

  • Chionanthus effusiflorus F.Muell.
  • Chionanthus intermedius (Wight) F.Muell.
  • Chionanthus macrophyllus (Wall. ex G.Don) Blume
  • Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
  • Chionanthus palembanicus Miq.
  • Chionanthus paniculatus (Roxb.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
  • Chionanthus paniculatus var. roxburghii (Spreng.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
  • Chionanthus pauciflorus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bennet & Raizada
  • Chionanthus pauciflorus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
  • Chionanthus pauciflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) Bennet & Raizada
  • Chionanthus picrophloius F.Muell.
  • Chionanthus ramiflorus var. grandiflorus B.M.Miao
  • Chionanthus ramiflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) P.Daniel
  • Chionanthus ramiflorus var. peninsularis K.Ravik. & Lakshm.
  • Chionanthus ramiflorus var. ramiflorus
  • Chionanthus roxburghii (Spreng.) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor
  • Chionanthus roxburghii var. intermedius (Wight) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor
  • Chionanthus tenuiflorus Wall. ex DC.
  • Linociera cuminginna S.Vidal
  • Linociera effusiflora F.Muell.
  • Linociera intermedia Wight
  • Linociera intermedia var. roxburghii (Spreng.) C.B.Clarke
  • Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don
  • Linociera macrophylla var. attenuata (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke

and 24 more.

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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