Schisandra chinensis(Turcz.) Baill.

WFO wfo-0000495099 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. a Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 200144782
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. b Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157755758
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. c Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157718012
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. d Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157718095
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. e Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157728739
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. f Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155646867
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. g Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153903441
Schisandra chinensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. h Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153908322

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Schisandra chinensis is native: Amur, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin AmurChina North-CentralInner MongoliaJapanKhabarovskManchuriaPrimoryeSakhalin Korea
Native distribution of Schisandra 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK

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 12 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.

  • Kadsura chinensis Turcz.
  • Maximowiczia amurensis Rupr.
  • Maximowiczia chinensis (Turcz.) Rupr.
  • Maximowiczia japonica (A.Gray) K.Koch
  • Maximowiczia sinensis Rob.
  • Schisandra chinensis var. glabrata Nakai ex T.Mori
  • Schisandra chinensis var. leucocarpa P.H.Huang & L.H.Zhuo
  • Schisandra chinensis var. typica Nakai
  • Schisandra nigra f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
  • Schisandra repanda f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
  • Schisandra viridicarpa Y.N.Lee
  • Sphaerostema japonicum A.Gray

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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