| Name | Symplocos shaefferae Merrill |
| Authorship | Merrill |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Symplocos Jacquin |
| Citation | 1923 Philipp. J. Sci. 23: 260 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Symplocos shaefferae Merrill |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |