Aucuba is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae.Aucuba species are native to eastern Asia, from the eastern Himalayas east to China, Korea, and Japan.The name is a latinization of Japanese Aokiba.They are evergreen shrubs or small trees 2-13 m tall, similar in appearance to the laurels of the genus Laurus, having glossy, leathery leaves, and are among the shrubs that are mistakenly called laurels in gardens.ucuba is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae.
Any of a large group of animals having a backbone, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Vertebrates are bilaterally symmetrical and have an internal skeleton of bone or cartilage, a nervous system along the back that is divided into brain and spinal cord, and not more than two pairs of limbs.
Dogs are vertebrates. Vertebrate means to have a spinal column or backbone. All mammals are vertebrates. All corals, insects, worms, jellyfish, snails and starfish are inverte â¦ brates because they have no backbone.22 people found this useful.ertebrates are animals with a backbone (examples: humans, snakes,  birds). They give birth alive and sometimes hatched    Invertebrates are animals without a backbone â¦ (examples: snails,  starfish, worms).