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5852.000 Schefflera
DIZYGOTHECA N.E. Br.
PLERANDRA A. Gray
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or lianes. Leaves digitate with long petioles. Inflorescence of compound umbels, arranged in a raceme or panicle. Petals and sepals 5-10, equal in number. Styles 2 (umbellifera) or 5-8 (goetzenii). Fruit subspherical to ovoid. Derivation of name: after Johann Peter Ernst Scheffler, an 18th century Polish botanist and physician born in 1739. Worldwide: c. 650 species in tropical and warm regions Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| goetzenii Harms | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| umbellifera (Sond.) Baill. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): ScheffleraFlora Zambesiaca web site: Schefflera
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Schefflera
Wikipedia: Schefflera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Schefflera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Schefflera
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