Buxus harlandii Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 13: 123, 1873, p. p. maj.; Rehd. et Wils. in Sarg. Pl. Wils. 2: 166. 1914, p. p. excl. pl. ex Hupeh et Fukien; Rehd. Man. Cult. Trees et Shrubs 533. 1927; Merr. et Chun in Sunyats. 5: 103, 1940; Hatusima in Journ. Dept. Agr. Kyusyu. Univ. 6 (6): 314, f. 20. Pl. 20 (5), f. 2. 1942; 海南植物志2: 339. 1965. --Buxus sempervirens auct. non L.: Benth. Fl. Hongk. 315, 1861; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 26: 418, 1894, p. p.; Dunn et Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. add. ser. 10: 233 (Fl. Kwangt. and Hongk.) 1912.