GENUS CODE: AUCUB GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Aucuba GENUS AUTHORITY: Thunb. GENUS COMMON: Acuba GENUS SUMMARY: GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES:
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: GARRYA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Garryaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1834 FAMILY COMMON: Garrya Family FAMILY SUMMARY: Garryaceae is here circumscribed to include Aucuba (Bremer et al. 2002). FAMILY REFERENCE: Bremer et al. (2002)
USDA Symbol: AUJA
USDA Common Name: Japanese Laurel
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (NC, WA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aucuba japonica
COMMON NAME: Aucuba, Japanese-laurel, Spotted-laurel
SYNONYMY: [= K]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Commonly planted throughout our area, rarely escaping and naturalizing in suburban woodlands; native of Japan and se. Asia.
COMMENTS: The most frequently planted cultivars have the dark green leaves prominently speckled with yellow.
RANGE MAP: Aucuba japonica.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Garryaceae Lindley 1834 (Garrya Family) SUMMARY: Garryaceae is here circumscribed to include Aucuba (Bremer et al. 2002). REFERENCE: Bremer et al. (2002)ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Aucuba Thunb. (Acuba) SUMMARY: REFERENCE:
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Aucuba japonica in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Aucuba japonica in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)