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Symplocos
Symplocos is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Many species grow in humid tropical regions. This is sometimes considered to be the only genus in family Symplocaceae. Plants in this family are shrubs and trees with white or yellow flowers.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Symplocos
subgenusSymplocos

Palura
subgenusPalura

Symplocos theophrastifolia
speciesSymplocos theophrastifolia

Symplocos setchuensis
speciesSymplocos setchuensis

Buff Hazelwood
speciesSymplocos thwaitesii

White Hazelwood
speciesSymplocos stawellii

Symplocos konishii
speciesSymplocos konishii

Symplocos uniflora
speciesSymplocos uniflora

Symplocos theifolia
speciesSymplocos theifolia

hairy hazelwood
speciesSymplocos harroldii

Symplocos macrostroma
speciesSymplocos macrostroma

Symplocos baeuerlenii
speciesSymplocos baeuerlenii

Symplocos koshunensis
speciesSymplocos koshunensis

Symplocos shilanensis
speciesSymplocos shilanensis

Symplocos grandis
speciesSymplocos grandis

Symplocos acuminata
speciesSymplocos acuminata

Symplocos racemosa
speciesSymplocos racemosa

Symplocos heishanensis
speciesSymplocos heishanensis

Symplocos citrea
speciesSymplocos citrea

Symplocos sasakii
speciesSymplocos sasakii

Symplocos sonoharae
speciesSymplocos sonoharae

Symplocos kuroki
speciesSymplocos kuroki

Symplocos caudata
speciesSymplocos caudata

Symplocos puberula
speciesSymplocos puberula

Symplocos serrulata
speciesSymplocos serrulata

Symplocos mucronata
speciesSymplocos mucronata

Symplocos quitensis
speciesSymplocos quitensis

Symplocos macrophylla
speciesSymplocos macrophylla

Symplocos cyanocarpa
speciesSymplocos cyanocarpa

Symplocos myrtacea
speciesSymplocos myrtacea

Symplocos nakaharae
speciesSymplocos nakaharae
Symplocos breedlovei
speciesSymplocos breedlovei

Symplocos nivalis
speciesSymplocos nivalis
Symplocos limoncillo
speciesSymplocos limoncillo

Symplocos baehnii
speciesSymplocos baehnii

Symplocos paucistaminea
speciesSymplocos paucistaminea

Symplocos latifolia
speciesSymplocos latifolia

Symplocos montana
speciesSymplocos montana

Symplocos pendula
speciesSymplocos pendula

Symplocos arborea
speciesSymplocos arborea

Symplocos fasciculata
speciesSymplocos fasciculata

Symplocos polyandra
speciesSymplocos polyandra

Symplocos tenuifolia
speciesSymplocos tenuifolia

Symplocos liukiuensis
speciesSymplocos liukiuensis
Symplocos chaoanensis
speciesSymplocos chaoanensis

Symplocos nana
speciesSymplocos nana

Symplocos naniflora
speciesSymplocos naniflora

Symplocos macrocarpa
speciesSymplocos macrocarpa

Symplocos gittinsii
speciesSymplocos gittinsii

Symplocos adenophylla
speciesSymplocos adenophylla

Symplocos lanata
speciesSymplocos lanata
Symplocos obtusa
speciesSymplocos obtusa

Symplocos fimbriata
speciesSymplocos fimbriata
Symplocos glabra
speciesSymplocos glabra

Symplocos candelabrum
speciesSymplocos candelabrum

Symplocos neocaledonica
speciesSymplocos neocaledonica

Symplocos hayesii
speciesSymplocos hayesii
Symplocos dryophila
speciesSymplocos dryophila
Symplocos groffii
speciesSymplocos groffii

Symplocos cordifolia
speciesSymplocos cordifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Symplocos in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 141856.
