Salix tetraspermaRoxb.

WFO wfo-0001133625 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix tetrasperma, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. a T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-11-28 / obs. 105882117
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. b T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105882012
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. c Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57111307
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116950445
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116951618
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115185212
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. g T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201169222
Salix tetrasperma, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. h Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156680728

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Salix tetrasperma is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarPakistanPhilippinesThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Salix tetrasperma, 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
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 20 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.

  • Pleiarina boseensis (N.Chao) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina ichnostachya (Lindl. ex Andersson) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina populifolia N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina pyrina (Wall. ex Andersson) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina tetrasperma (Roxb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina tetrasperma var. ichnostachya (Lindl. ex Andersson) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Salix apiculata Andersson
  • Salix araeostachya C.K.Schneid.
  • Salix azaolana Blanco
  • Salix boseensis N.Chao
  • Salix cuspidata D.Don
  • Salix horsfieldiana Miq.
  • Salix ichnostachya Lindl. ex Andersson
  • Salix javanica Andersson
  • Salix nilagirica Miq.
  • Salix nobilis Fr.
  • Salix pyrina Wall. ex Andersson
  • Salix suaveolens Andersson
  • Salix sumatrana Miq.
  • Salix zollingeriana Miq.

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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