Schefflera

Schefflera digitata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Schefflera
Accepted Species: S. balansana – S. candelabrum – S. coenosa – S. digitata – S. euthytricha – S. kerchoveiana – S. leratii – S. neoebudica – S. ouveana – S. pseudocandelabrum – S. samoensis – S. vieillardii – S. vitiensis

Species in scrutiny: S. elata

Name

Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Charact. Gen. 45. (1775), nom. cons.

• Type species: Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  

Note: As currently circumscribed, Schefflera only includes species from New Zealand and south west Pacific islands, but please note that there is still some taxonomic scrutiny to be completed, see references below.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand North Island, South Island Continental: Oceania Regional: South West Pacific New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. 1776. Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772–1775. [Editio secunda.] x + 150 pp., 75 tab., Londini: apud B. White, T. Cadell, & P. Elmsly. BHL Reference page.  p. 45

Additional references

• Fiaschi, P., Lowry, P.P. & Plunkett, G.M. 2020. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. III. Resurrection of the New World genus Didymopanax Decne. & Planch., previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae). Brittonia 72(1): 16–22. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-019-09604-w Reference page. 
• Frodin, D.G., Lowry, P.P. II & Plunkett, G.M. 2010. Schefflera (Araliaceae): taxonomic history, overview and progress. Plant Diversity and Evolution 128: 561–595. DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2010/0128-0028 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lowry, P., Plunkett, G. & Frodin, D. 2013. Revision of Plerandra (Araliaceae). I. A synopsis of the genus with an expanded circumscription and a new infrageneric classification. Brittonia 65(1): 42-61. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9260-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lowry, P.P., Plunkett, G.M., Gostel, M.R. & Frodin, D.G. 2017. A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia. Candollea 72(2): 265-282. DOI: 10.15553/c2017v722a4 318019996 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lowry II, P.P., Plunkett, G.M., Mora, M.M., Cano, A., Fiaschi, P., Frodin, D.G., Gereau, R.E., Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Á., Jiménez-Montoya, J., Mendoza, J.M.F. & Neill, D.A. 2019. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. I. Resurrection of the genus Sciodaphyllum P. Browne to accommodate most New World species previously included in Schefflera JR Forst. & G. Forst. Brittonia 72(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-019-09593-w ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lowry II, P.P., Plunkett, G.M. & Neill, D.A. 2019. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. II. Resurrection of the Neotropical Genus Crepinella for a Clade of New World Species Previously Included in Schefflera (Araliaceae). Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 27(4): 253-261. DOI: 351403419 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lowry II, P.P. & Plunkett, G.M. 2020. Resurrection of the genus Heptapleurum for the Asian clade of species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae). Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 28(3): 143-170. DOI: 10.3417/2020612 Reference page. 
• Plunkett, G.M., Lowry II, P.P., Frodin, D.G., & Wen, J. 2005. Phylogeny and geography of Schefflera: pervasive polyphyly in the largest genus of Araliaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 202–224. Full text Reference page. 
• Plunkett, G.M. & Lowry, P.P. II. 2012. Phylogeny and diversification in the Melanesian Schefflera Clade (Araliaceae) based on evidence from nuclear rDNA spacers. Systematic Botany 37: 279–291. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X616837 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Plunkett, G.M., Lowry II, P.P., Fiaschi, P., Frodin, D.G. & Nicolas, A.N. 2020. Phylogeny, biogeography, and morphological evolution among and within the Neotropical and Asian clades of Schefflera (Araliaceae). Taxon 68: 1278–1313. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12177 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Schefflera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan. 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Schefflera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Schefflera. Published online. Accessed: Aug 19 2023.
• Tropicos.org: Araliaceae: Schefflera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb. 19.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Strahlenaralie
suomi: Liuska-araliat
polski: Szeflera
русский: Шеффлера

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