''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the sapphire-berry family

Symplocaceae Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales The Ericales are a large and diverse order of flowering plants in the asterid group of the eudicots. Well-known and economically important members of this order include tea ...

, native to tropical and subtropical Asia. The widespread ''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' subsp./var. ''laurina'' is now considered a synonym of '' Symplocos acuminata''.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies and varieties are accepted: *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''aneityensis'' (Brand) Noot. –

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''angustifolia'' (Guillaumin) Noot. –

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''doormannensis'' (Brand) Noot. –

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''floresana'' Noot. –

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''glaberrima'' Noot. –

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''imbricata'' (Brand) Noot. –

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''insularis'' Noot. –

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' subsp.'' leptophylla'' (Brand) Noot. –

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, New Guinea,

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''longilobata'' Noot. – Papua New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''molobros'' (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''monticola'' Noot. – Papua New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''orbicularis'' (Hemsl.) 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'' (Brand) Noot. –

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, Maluku Islands,

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*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''reginae'' (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''revoluta'' Noot. – New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''schumanniana'' (Brand) Noot. – Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku Islands, New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''sessifolia'' (Blume) Noot. – west and central Java *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''sogeriensis'' (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea *''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''tomentosa'' Noot. –

Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread o ...

*''Symplocos cochinchinensis'' var. ''versteegii'' (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea

References

cochinchinensis Flora of Nepal Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Assam (region) Flora of Tibet Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Hainan Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia Flora of New Guinea Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Flora of Taiwan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Flora of Japan Plants described in 1914 {{Ericales-stub