树木中以“楠”为名者其数不少,但以良材美树享誉于我国历史时期之楠木,却只能是樟科楠属的桢楠即雅楠、楠木(Phoebc Zhcnnan).这有两方面的证据:一是始自《诗经》、《山海经》的历代典籍的有关记载;一是近期出土于四川、江西等地的大批古代楠木船棺、棺槨、悬棺及其随葬器物.现在依据这两方面的主要材料,试就我国历史时期楠木名称演变,分布变迁以及形成现代分布格局的主因,作一扼要的考察. Among the trees, the number of “Nan” is quite a few, but Phoebc Zhcnnan, known as Phoebe Zhinan, is famous for the Phoebe in the historical period of our country. Two evidences: First, from the “Book of Songs”, “Shan Hai Jing” ancient classics records; one is the recent unearthed in Sichuan, Jiangxi and other places a large number of ancient nanmu coffin, coffin, coffin and its burial objects. Now based on these two main materials, try to make a brief survey on the evolution, distribution and change of the name of Phoebe in the historical period of our country and the main reason of forming the modern distribution pattern.