Saurauia tristylaDC.

WFO wfo-0001225014 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saurauia tristyla, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-05-03 / obs. 125808323
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by Yj
fig. b Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123068392
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by Yj
fig. c Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123069073
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 120909580
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by portioid
fig. e portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10016414
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by portioid
fig. f portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96184506
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by 張家瑜
fig. g 張家瑜, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195582882
Saurauia tristyla, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158839918

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Saurauia tristyla is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanMalayaMyanmarNepalThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Saurauia tristyla, 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 South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Malaya MLY ASIA-TROPICAL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
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 19 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.

  • Cleyera pentapetala Spreng.
  • Marumia dioica Reinw. ex Miq.
  • Saurauia camptodonta Miq.
  • Saurauia inflexidens Miq.
  • Saurauia kawagoeana Hatus.
  • Saurauia leucophloia Korth.
  • Saurauia media Korth.
  • Saurauia nudiflora var. angustifolia Craib
  • Saurauia oldhamii Hemsl. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.
  • Saurauia oxyphylla Miq.
  • Saurauia teysmanniana Miq.
  • Saurauia tristyla var. hekouensis C.F.Liang & Y.S.Wang
  • Saurauia tristyla var. oldhamii (Hemsl.) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Saurauia tristyla var. tristyla
  • Scapha candollei Choisy
  • Scapha leucophloia (Korth.) Choisy
  • Scapha pinangiana Choisy
  • Ternstroemia bilocularis Roxb.
  • Ternstroemia trilocularis Roxb.

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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