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(First upload on April 2 2012. Last on May 8 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Aucuba Thunb. (アオキ) One native species in Japan the name originating from aokiba (青木葉) var. japonica (s.s.), the type Aoki (アオキ, 青木), Japanese aucuba Lifeform: evergreen, dioecious shrub Distribution: south Korea - Japan Habitat: (evergreen) broad-leaved forests Fruit: green → red Chromosome number: 2n = 16 (south) or 32 (north) Synonyms: Aucuba japonica Thunb. f. brachyphylla (Honda) H. Hara var. borealis Miyabe et Kudo (ヒメアオキ) Lifeform: evergreen < 1 m tall

Distribution: snowy regions faced to Japan Sea Hair: short hair on young shoots and leaves f. albivariegata Nakai (ホシテンヒメアオキ) f. rugosa Sugim. (ウチダシヒメアオキ) var. ovoidea Koidz. (ナンゴクアオキ) Distribution: south to Chugoku and Shikoku Chromosome number: 2n = 16 f. leucocarpa (Matsum. et Nakai) Ohwi (シロミノアオキ) f. luteocarpa (Dombrain) Rehder (キミノアオキ) f. viridiflora Makino (アオバナアオキ) Cultivars cv luteo-marginata (フクリンアオキ) cv picturata (ナカフアオキ) cv variegata (フイリアオキ)

Aucuba japonica in Japan

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var. japonica (アオキ)

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[1] in a forest, Minamata, Kyushu, on May 1 1985. [2-4] at Nagara Park close to Nagara Shrine, Otsu City, eastern Japan, on March 19 2012. [5] at Inokashira Park, Mitaka, Tokyo, on January 15 2015. [6] on Shiroyama nature road in Kagoshima City, southern Kyushu, on March 20 2015. [7] near JR Matsushima Coast Station (Matsushima-kaigan eki) on March 21 2016. [8] in Botanic Gardens, Tohoku University, Natural Monument Aobayama, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016. [9] near Hama-rikyu Garden and JR Hamamatsucho Station, Tokyo, on April 7 2025. Records: in Aso Shrine (阿蘇神社), Aso City, central Kyushu, on December 18 2024.

var. borealis (ヒメアオキ)

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[1-3] at a foot of Mount Kakuta, formerly Maki Town (now Niigata City) on October 17 1990. The seecimen is kept in SAPS.

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cv. variegata (フイリアオキ)

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[1] at a park, N12/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 30 2012. [2/3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on March 30 2023.