Symplocos cochinchinensis


Symplocos cochinchinensis is a species of flowering plant in the sapphire-berry family, Symplocaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia. The widespread Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp./var. laurina is now considered a synonym of Symplocos acuminata.

Distribution

It is native to Assam, the Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Japan, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, the Philippines, Queensland, the Ryukyu Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies and varieties are accepted:
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. aneityensis Noot. – Vanuatu
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. angustifolia Noot. – Hainan, Vietnam
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. doormannensis Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. floresana Noot. – Flores
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. glaberrima Noot. – Queensland
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. imbricata Noot. – Luzon
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. insularis Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. leptophylla Noot. – Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. longilobata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. molobros Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. monticola Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. orbicularis Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. ovata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. parvifolia Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. pedicellata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. philippinensis Noot. – Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. reginae Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. revoluta Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. schumanniana Noot. – Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku Islands, New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. sessifolia Noot. – west and central Java
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. sogeriensis Noot. – New Guinea
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. tomentosa Noot. – Louisiade Archipelago
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. versteegii Noot. – New Guinea