5852.000 Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

DIZYGOTHECA N.E. Br.

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.

Worldwide: c.650 species in tropical and warm regions

Schefflera umbellifera

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goetzenii HarmsEDescription, Image
umbellifera (Sond.) Baill.EDescription, Image

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Other sources of information about Schefflera:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Schefflera page
Flora of Mozambique: Schefflera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Schefflera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Schefflera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Schefflera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Schefflera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Schefflera

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Schefflera.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1030, retrieved 9 September 2010

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