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|accepted_name=Aucuba
|accepted_authority=Thunberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Gen. Pl.,
|place=61. 1783
|year=1783
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Garryaceae;Aucuba
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Garryaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aucuba]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latinized Japanese name aokiba
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 443, 548, 554
|treatment_page=page 553
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>[trees].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade texture;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin prominence or shape"><b>Leaves:</b> blade flat, coriaceous [subcoriaceous], margins dentate or entire [serrate or glandular-serrate], flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, panicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bract arrangement;bract fusion">bracts opposite, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole quantity">bracteoles 1–2 per flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal shape;sepal size"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 4, triangular to suborbiculate, minute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;apex shape">petals 4, apex acuminate [caudate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary presence;nectary shape">nectary present, annular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen arrangement;anther fixation">stamens alternate with petals, anthers dorsifixed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal shape;sepal size"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 4, triangular to suborbiculate, minute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity">petals 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary presence;nectary shape">nectary present, annular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;ovule quantity">ovule 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;style quantity;style shape">style 1, cylindric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma architecture or shape;stigma shape">stigma capitate, sometimes slightly 2 (–4) -lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits drupe coloration;fruits drupe condition;fruits drupe coloration;fruits drupe shape;fruits drupe texture"><b>Fruits </b>drupes, red, drying black, cylindric to ovoid, fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1 per fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=e Asia;also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Species of Aucuba are commonly planted in temperate gardens because of their evergreen habit, glossy leaves, and brightly colored drupes. Inflorescences may sometimes appear axillary, but actually are terminal in association with branches arising from the axils of the subtending pair of leaves.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=abe2001a
|text=Abe, T. 2001. Flowering phenology, display size, and fruit set in an understory dioecious shrub, Aucuba japonica (Cornaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 88: 455–461.
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|id=iwashina1997a
|text=Iwashina, T., K. Kamenosono, and H. Hatta. 1997. Flavonoid glycosides from leaves of Aucuba japonica and Helwingia japonica (Cornaceae): Phytochemical relationship with the genus Cornus. J. Jap. Bot. 72: 337–346.
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|authority=Thunberg
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Garryaceae
|distribution=e Asia;also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=abe2001a;iwashina1997a
|publication title=Nov. Gen. Pl.,
|publication year=1783
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Aucuba
|anther fixation=dorsifixed
|apex shape=acuminate
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade texture=coriaceous
|bract arrangement=opposite
|bract fusion=distinct
|bracteole quantity=1;2
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate
|fruits drupe coloration=black;red
|fruits drupe condition=drying
|fruits drupe shape=cylindric;ovoid
|fruits drupe texture=fleshy
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|margin architecture or shape=entire;dentate
|margin prominence or shape=flat
|nectary presence=absent;absent
|nectary shape=annular;annular
|ovule quantity=1
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal quantity=4;4
|seed quantity=1
|sepal quantity=4;4
|sepal shape=triangular;suborbiculate
|sepal size=minute;minute
|stamen arrangement=alternate
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|stigma shape=2(-4)-lobed
|style quantity=1
|style shape=cylindric
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
|x chromosome quantity=8
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