Symplocos lancifoliaSiebold & Zucc.

WFO wfo-0001141602 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-19 / obs. 200003754
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170314049
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130908141
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111281441
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104866404
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33242509
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31658186
Symplocos lancifolia, photographed by Yj
fig. h Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113453261

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Symplocos lancifolia is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanAssamBangladeshPhilippinesThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Symplocos lancifolia, 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
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Philippines PHI
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 46 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 arisanensis (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua formosana (Brand) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua lancifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Miers
  • Bobua leptostachya Miers
  • Bobua microcarpa (Champ.) Nemoto
  • Bobua pseudolancifolia Hatus.
  • Bobua suishariensis (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Bobua trichoclada (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Dicalix lancifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara
  • Dicalix pseudolancifolius (Hatus.) Migo
  • Eugenioides lancifolium Kuntze
  • Lodhra microcarpa (Champ. ex Benth.) Miers
  • Symplocos arisanensis Hayata
  • Symplocos aurea H.Lév.
  • Symplocos betula Brand
  • Symplocos depauperata Merr.
  • Symplocos depauperata var. angustissima Brand
  • Symplocos depauperata var. sordida Brand
  • Symplocos formosana Brand
  • Symplocos formosana var. taiheizanensis (K.Mori) C.C.Wang
  • Symplocos fulvipes (C.B.Clarke) Brand
  • Symplocos hualiensis S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos inconspicua Brand
  • Symplocos kwangsiensis Merr. ex H.L.Li

and 22 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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