Taxon: Aucuba japonica Thunb.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Aucuba japonica var. borealis (2 accessions)

Common names:

• aoki   (Source: F Japan )
  
• Japanese aucuba   (Source: W.J. Hess, p.c.)
  
• Japanese-laurel   (Source: Pl Book )
  
• spotted-laurel   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• Aukube   (Source: Zander ed14 under genus)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Aucuba japonica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Taiwan

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) [with two vars.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Hess, W. J. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• Ohi, T. et al. 2003. Distinct geographic structure as evidenced by chloroplast DNA haplotypes and ploidy level in Japanese Aucuba (Aucubaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 90:1645–1652.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia. (China FlEncy)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aucuba japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aucuba japonica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Aucuba japonica var. pygmaea Siebold ex Carrière [= Aucuba japonica var. borealis]
  
• (=) Aucuba japonica var. variegata Dombrain
  

Check other databases for Aucuba japonica Thunb.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Aucuba japonica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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