Nageia nagi(Thunb.) Kuntze

Asian bayberry

WFO wfo-0000380933 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nageia nagi, photographed by 胡正恆(Jackson Hu)
fig. a 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197725659
Nageia nagi, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179365051
Nageia nagi, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112425588
Nageia nagi, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 51516105
Nageia nagi, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 50701193
Nageia nagi, photographed by Aaron Liston
fig. f Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9613673
Nageia nagi, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32128865
Nageia nagi, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 51515487

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Nageia nagi is native: China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan China SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwan Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Nageia nagi, 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
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
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 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.

  • Agathis veitchii (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Seward & Ford
  • Dammara veitchii Henkel & W.Hochst.
  • Decussocarpus nagi de Laub.
  • Nageia caesia (Maxim.) Kuntze
  • Nageia cuspidata (Endl.) Gordon & Glend.
  • Nageia grandifolia (Endl.) Gordon
  • Nageia japonica Gaertn.
  • Nageia ovata Gordon
  • Podocarpus caesius Maxim.
  • Podocarpus cuspidatus Endl.
  • Podocarpus grandifolius Endl.
  • Podocarpus japonicus J.Nelson
  • Podocarpus nageia R.Br. ex Mirb.
  • Podocarpus nageia R.Br. ex Endl.
  • Podocarpus nageia var. angustifolius Maxim.
  • Podocarpus nageia var. rotundifolius Maxim.
  • Podocarpus nagi (Thunb.) Zoll. & Moritzi ex Makino
  • Podocarpus nagi Zoll. & Moritzi ex Zoll.
  • Podocarpus nagi (Thunb.) Pilg.
  • Podocarpus nagi var. angustifolius (Maxim.) Makino
  • Podocarpus nagi var. caesius (Maxim.) Makino
  • Podocarpus nagi var. ovatus (Gordon) Makino
  • Podocarpus nagi var. rotundifolius (Maxim.) Makino
  • Podocarpus ovatus (Gordon) Henkel & W.Hochst.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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