小乔木紫金牛，被子植物门-双子叶植物纲-合瓣花亚纲-报春花目-紫金牛科-紫金牛亚科-紫金牛属-高木组 Sect. Tinus (Burm.)。Ardisia arborescens Wall., List no 2289. 1830, nom. nud.; A. DC. et in Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 120. 1834, descr.; Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burma 2: 110. 1877; Mez in Engl., Pflanzenreich 9(Ⅳ. 236): 133. 1902; Pitard in Lecte., Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 3: 853. 1930; Walker, “静生汇报”, 8: 153. 1939 et in Philipp. Journ. Sci. 73: 57. 1940; 云南植物志, 1: 335. 图版78, 图3. 1977, plant, tantum Yunnan. ——A. humills var. arborescens C. B. Clarke in Hook.