Symplocos anomalaBrand

WFO wfo-0001141700 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Symplocos anomala, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-06 / obs. 133301196
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133301131
Symplocos anomala, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63022773
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. d Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65569094
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. e Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65569049
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. f Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47326877
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. g Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38294311
Symplocos anomala, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151737230

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Symplocos anomala is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanTibetAssamBorneoCambodiaLaosMalayaMyanmarSumateraThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Symplocos anomala, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
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 28 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.

  • Bobua anomala (Brand) Migo
  • Bobua doii (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua morrisonicola (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua morrisonicola var. matudae Hatus.
  • Bobua okinawensis (Matsumura) Nemoto
  • Dicalix anomalus (Brand) Migo
  • Dicalix fusonii (Merr.) Migo
  • Symplocos alata Brand
  • Symplocos anomala f. kiraishiensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos anomala f. matudae (Hatus.) S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos anomala var. anomala
  • Symplocos anomala var. fusonii (Merr.) Hand.-Mazz. & E.Peter
  • Symplocos anomala var. liosiphon Hand.-Mazz.
  • Symplocos anomala var. morrisonicola (Hayata) S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos anomala var. nitida H.L.Li
  • Symplocos argentea Brand
  • Symplocos chevalieri Guillaumin
  • Symplocos concolor Brand
  • Symplocos cuspidata var. doii (Hay.) S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos dielsii H.Lév.
  • Symplocos doii Hayata
  • Symplocos esquirolii H.Lév.
  • Symplocos fusonii Merr.
  • Symplocos kiraishiensis Hayata

and 4 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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