Ixora chinensisLam.

WFO wfo-0000218302 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ixora chinensis, photographed by Swarochi Tathagath
fig. a Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-07 / obs. 88823130
Ixora chinensis, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49880053
Ixora chinensis, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. c Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204555315
Ixora chinensis, photographed by sunnyjosef
fig. d sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91759591
Ixora chinensis, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. e Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59044592
Ixora chinensis, photographed by AnnLazaro
fig. f AnnLazaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 104442706
Ixora chinensis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. g S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 103119064
Ixora chinensis, photographed by Golam Rabbani
fig. h Golam Rabbani, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180885638

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Ixora chinensis is native: China Southeast, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam China SoutheastCambodiaLaosMyanmarPhilippinesThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Ixora 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
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 25 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.

  • Bemsetia paniculata Raf.
  • Gaertnera hongkongensis Seem.
  • Ixora blanda Ker Gawl.
  • Ixora coccinea Curtis
  • Ixora colei W.Bull
  • Ixora colei hort. ex Gentil
  • Ixora crocata Lindl.
  • Ixora dixiana W.Bull
  • Ixora dixiana hort. ex Gentil.
  • Ixora dubia Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ixora flammea Salisb.
  • Ixora incarnata Roxb. ex Sm.
  • Ixora kroneana (Miq.) Bremek.
  • Ixora pallida Reinw. ex Miq.
  • Ixora rosea Sims
  • Ixora speciosa Willd.
  • Ixora stricta Roxb.
  • Ixora stricta var. incarnata Benth.
  • Ixora stricta var. mekongensis Pierre ex Pit.
  • Pavetta arborea Blanco
  • Pavetta chinensis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Pavetta kroneana Miq.
  • Pavetta stricta (Roxb.) Blume
  • Sykesia hongkongensis (Seem.) Kuntze

and 1 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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