Symplocos glomerataKing ex C.B.Clarke

WFO wfo-0001141562 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Symplocos glomerata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-19 / obs. 180569495
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110504533
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32407416
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31439797
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110504540
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by Toby Y
fig. f Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152144408
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by Yj
fig. g Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166353063
Symplocos glomerata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166111911

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Symplocos glomerata is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalVietnam
Native distribution of Symplocos glomerata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
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 26 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 adinandrifolia (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua congesta (Benth.) Migo
  • Bobua hayatae (Mori) Nemoto
  • Bobua kudoi (Mori) Nemoto
  • Bobua nakaii (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua phaeophylla (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua taiwaniana Hatus.
  • Bobua theifolia (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Dicalix congestus (Benth.) Migo
  • Dicalix glomeratus (King ex C.B.Clarke) Migo
  • Eugenioides congestum Kuntze
  • Eugenioides glomeratum Kuntze
  • Symplocos adinandrifolia Hayata
  • Symplocos adinandrifolia var. theifolia Hayata
  • Symplocos congesta Benth.
  • Symplocos cuspidata Brand
  • Symplocos glomerata subsp. glomerata
  • Symplocos glomerata var. congesta (Benth.) Noot.
  • Symplocos hayatae Mori
  • Symplocos kudoi Mori
  • Symplocos nakaii Hayata
  • Symplocos nubium Guillaumin
  • Symplocos phaeophylla Hayata
  • Symplocos theifolia (Hayata) Hayata

and 2 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.