aucubas
Aucuba
Aucuba is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae.
Aucuba species are native to eastern Asia, from the eastern Himalayas east to China, Korea, and Japan. The name is a latinization of Japanese Aokiba. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees 2–13 m tall, similar in appearance to the laurels of the genus Laurus, having glossy, leathery leaves, and are among the shrubs that are mistakenly called laurels in gardens.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Japanese aucuba
speciesAucuba japonica
Chinese aucuba
speciesAucuba chinensis
Aucuba obcordata
speciesAucuba obcordata
Aucuba himalaica
speciesAucuba himalaica
Aucuba albopunctifolia
speciesAucuba albopunctifolia
Aucuba eriobotryifolia
speciesAucuba eriobotryifolia
Aucuba robusta
speciesAucuba robusta
Aucuba filicauda
speciesAucuba filicauda
Aucuba confertiflora
speciesAucuba confertiflora
Aucuba chlorascens
speciesAucuba chlorascens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56207.