Viburnum odoratissimumKer Gawl.

WFO wfo-0001290846 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Yj
fig. a Yj, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-03 / obs. 156785246
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Carl Ramirez
fig. b Carl Ramirez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148245419
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147210601
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110503179
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Mary Spilman
fig. e Mary Spilman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43328671
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32129462
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by Mark Richman
fig. g Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184183376
Viburnum odoratissimum, photographed by MUNENORI YAMAKAWA
fig. h MUNENORI YAMAKAWA, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147196283

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum odoratissimum is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaLaosMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiThailandVietnam KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Viburnum odoratissimum, 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
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI

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 15 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.

  • Microtinus odoratissimus (Ker Gawl.) Oerst.
  • Thyrsosma chinensis Raf.
  • Viburnum arboricola Hayata
  • Viburnum awabuki K.Koch
  • Viburnum awabuki var. serratum (Makino) Nakai
  • Viburnum hasseltii Miq.
  • Viburnum irabutha Blume ex Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Viburnum liukiuense Nakai
  • Viburnum odoratissimum var. conspersum W.W.Sm.
  • Viburnum odoratissimum var. odoratissimum
  • Viburnum odoratissimum var. serratum Makino
  • Viburnum sessiliflorum E.T.Geddes
  • Viburnum sinense Zeyh. ex Colla
  • Viburnum sinensis Zeyh. ex Colla
  • Viburnum zambalense Elmer

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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