Native to China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan; introduced into Austria, China South-Central, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, North Carolina, Portugal, Spain, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Aucuba japonica
var. borealis
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Aucuba japonica var. borealis
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Deciduous forest along the stream and the slopes above.
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Garryales
Family
Garryaceae
Genus
Aucuba
Specific Epithet
japonica
Authorship
Thunb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#279,710 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
10%