Schefflera
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Schefflera Template:IPAc-en[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands.[2]
The genus is named in honor of Template:Interlanguage link, physician and botanist of Gdańsk, and later of Warsaw, who contributed plants to Template:Interlanguage link for Reyger's book, Tentamen Florae Gedanensis.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy
The circumscription of the genus has varied greatly. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the widely used broad circumscription was polyphyletic, so most of its hundreds of species have been reassigned to other genera.[6][7] Molecular analyses have recovered five polyphyletic clades of Schefflera, all of which are geographically isolated from one another yet share similar traits indicating parallel evolution.[8] These clades have been split into separate genera, primarily along geographical lines, with Schefflera now consisting of thirteen species restricted to New Zealand and some Pacific islands.[9][10][11] The houseplant popularly known as "Schefflera" is now Heptapleurum arboricola.
The old Didymopanax Decne. & Planch., 1854 genus was resurrected in 2020 to welcome the 37 American species of Schefflera J.R. et G. Forst..[12]
The genus has had a turbulent taxonomic history; the list of former synonyms includes: Template:Div col
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- Astropanax Seem.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9]
- Brassaia Endl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cephaloschefflera (Harms) Merr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Crepinella MarchalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
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- Nesopanax Seem.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parapanax Miq.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Tupidanthus Hook.f. & ThomsonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Species
13 species are currently accepted:[13]
- Schefflera balansana Baill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia
- Schefflera candelabrum Baill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia
- Schefflera coenosa (R.Vig.) FrodinScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southeastern New Caledonia, including Isle of Pines
- Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Zealand
- Schefflera euthytricha A.C.Sm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Fiji
- Schefflera kerchoveiana (Veitch ex W.Richards) Frodin & LowryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Vanuatu
- Schefflera leratii R.Vig.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia
- Schefflera neoebudica GuillauminScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Vanuatu
- Schefflera ouveana (Däniker) FrodinScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands)
- Schefflera pseudocandelabrum R.Vig.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia
- Schefflera samoensis (A.Gray) HarmsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Samoa
- Schefflera vieillardii Baill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Caledonia
- Schefflera vitiensis (A.Gray) Seem.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Fiji
Fossil record
Two fossil fruits of †Schefflera dorofeevii have been extracted from bore hole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland.[14]
See also
References
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- ↑ Forster. J.R. and Forster, G. Characteres Generum Plantarum (page). 1776
- ↑ Reyger, G. Tentamen Florae Gedanensis. vol. 2. 1766
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- ↑ Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 16 April 2023.
- ↑ Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) [Szczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska)]. Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3–117.