Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet
First published in Hort. Brit.: 491 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (W. & S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Buxus cariacea (Hook.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 314 (1827)
- Pachysandra coriacea Hook. in Exot. Fl. 2: t. 148 (1825)
- Sarcococca saligna var. coriacea (Hook.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Sarcococca brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Stapf ex Gamble in Fl. Madras: 1265 (1925)
- Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1021 (1826)
- Sarcococca pruniformis var. brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 267 (1887)
- Sarcococca pruniformis var. latifolia Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1012 (1826)
- Sarcococca saligna var. brevifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16: 12 (1869)
- Sarcococca saligna var. densiflora Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869)
- Sarcococca saligna var. latifolia (Lindl.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869)
- Sarcococca tonkinensis Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 483 (1921 publ. 1922)
- Sarcococca trinervia Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1877 (1852)
- Sarcococca vagans Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 230 (1919)
- Sarcococca zeylanica var. brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Sealy in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 138 (1986)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (2018). Flora of Thailand 14(1): 1-184. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (2018). Flora of Thailand 14(1): 1-184. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Wallich, N. [s.n.], Nepal | K000768278 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1825 | s.coll. [2650], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768273 | Yes | |
| Wight [75], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768271 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [2651], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768272 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [2650], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768274 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Hohenacker, R.F. [1056], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768277 | Yes | ||
| Hohenacker, R.F. [484.], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768275 | Yes | ||
| Hohenacker, R.F. [484a], India | Sarcococca trinervia | K000768276 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images