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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Schefflera''
| image = ScheffleraActinophylla.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Schefflera arboricola]]''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = '''''Schefflera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]]
| synonyms =
*''Actinomorphe'' <small>([[Miq.]]) [[Miq.]]</small>
*''Actinophyllum'' <small>[[Ruiz]] & [[Pav.]]</small>
*''Agalma'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
*''Astropanax'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Bakeria'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Brassaia'' <small>[[Endl.]]</small>
*''Cephaloschefflera'' <small>([[Harms]]) [[Merr.]]</small>
*''Crepinella'' <small>[[Marchal]]</small>
*''Didymopanax'' <small>[[Decne.]] & [[Planch.]]</small>
*''Dizygotheca'' <small>[[N.E.Br.]]</small>
*''Geopanax'' <small>[[Hemsl.]]</small>
*''Heptapleurum'' <small>[[Gaertn.]]</small>
*''Neocussonia'' <small>[[Hutch.]]</small>
*''Nesopanax'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Octotheca'' <small>[[R.Vig.]]</small>
*''Parapanax'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
*''Paratropia'' <small>([[Blume]]) [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]</small>
*''Plerandra'' <small>[[A.Gray]]</small>
*''Scheffleropsis'' <small>[[Ridl.]]</small>
*''Sciadophyllum'' <small>[[P.Browne]]</small>
*''Tupidanthus'' <small>[[Hook.f.]] & [[Thomson]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Selected species
| subdivision =
*''[[Schefflera actinophylla]]''
*''[[Schefflera arboricola]]''
*''[[Schefflera delavayi]]''
*''[[Schefflera digitata]]''
*''[[Schefflera elegantissima]]''
*''[[Schefflera longifolia]]''
*''[[Schefflera morototoni]]''
*''[[Schefflera octostyla]]''
*''[[Schefflera pubens]]''
*''[[Schefflera robusta]]''
*''[[Schefflera rotundifolia]]''
*''[[Schefflera sciadophyllum]]''
*''[[Schefflera sphaerocoma]]''
*''[[Schefflera stellata]]''
*''[[Schefflera tomentosa]]''
*''[[Schefflera umbellifera]]''
*''[[Schefflera urbaniana]]''
*''[[Schefflera venulosa]]''
For the complete list, see '''[[List of Schefflera species]]'''.
}}
[[Image:Scheflera1.jpg|thumb|A variegated cultivar of ''Schefflera arboricola'']]
'''''Schefflera''''' is a genus in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Araliaceae]]. The plants are [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s or [[liana]]s growing 1-30 m tall, with woody stems and palmately compound leaves. The Circumscription of the genus has varied greatly. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the widely used broad circumscription as a pantropical genus of over 700 species is polyphyletic, but it remains to be seen how this will affect the classification of the genus.
Several species are grown in pots as [[houseplant]]s, most commonly [[Schefflera actinophylla]], also known as the Umbrella Tree. Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected for various characters, most popularly for [[variegation|variegated]] or purple foliage. ''Schefflera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]]n species including ''[[Batrachedra|Batrachedra arenosella]]'' (recorded on ''S. stellata'').
[[Image:Schefflera_wallichiana.jpg|thumb|''Schefflera wallichiana'']]
==Name==
The genus is named in honor of [[Jacob Christian Scheffler]], a [[Germans|German]] botanist who wrote about ''[[Asarum]]''.<ref name=Genaust1983>Helmut Genaust (1983): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 2. Auflage. Birkhäuser Verlag - ISBN 3-7643-1399-4</ref>
==References==
<references/>
*Frodin, D. G. and R. Govaerts. 2004. World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae. Kew Publishing.
*Plunkett, G. M., P. P. Lowry, D. G. Frodin and J. Wen. 2005. Phylogeny and geography of ''Schefflera'': pervasive polyphyly in the largest genus of Araliaceae. ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 92: 202-224.
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
{{Apiales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Schefflera''
| image = ScheffleraActinophylla.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Schefflera arboricola]]''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = '''''Schefflera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]]
| synonyms =
*''Actinomorphe'' <small>([[Miq.]]) [[Miq.]]</small>
*''Actinophyllum'' <small>[[Ruiz]] & [[Pav.]]</small>
*''Agalma'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
*''Astropanax'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Bakeria'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Brassaia'' <small>[[Endl.]]</small>
*''Cephaloschefflera'' <small>([[Harms]]) [[Merr.]]</small>
*''Crepinella'' <small>[[Marchal]]</small>
*''Didymopanax'' <small>[[Decne.]] & [[Planch.]]</small>
*''Dizygotheca'' <small>[[N.E.Br.]]</small>
*''Geopanax'' <small>[[Hemsl.]]</small>
*''Heptapleurum'' <small>[[Gaertn.]]</small>
*''Neocussonia'' <small>[[Hutch.]]</small>
*''Nesopanax'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small>
*''Octotheca'' <small>[[R.Vig.]]</small>
*''Parapanax'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
*''Paratropia'' <small>([[Blume]]) [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]</small>
*''Plerandra'' <small>[[A.Gray]]</small>
*''Scheffleropsis'' <small>[[Ridl.]]</small>
*''Sciadophyllum'' <small>[[P.Browne]]</small>
*''Tupidanthus'' <small>[[Hook.f.]] & [[Thomson]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Selected species
| subdivision =
*''[[Schefflera actinophylla]]''
*''[[Schefflera arboricola]]''
*''[[Schefflera delavayi]]''
*''[[Schefflera digitata]]''
*''[[Schefflera elegantissima]]''
*''[[Schefflera longifolia]]''
*''[[Schefflera morototoni]]''
*''[[Schefflera octostyla]]''
*''[[Schefflera pubens]]''
*''[[Schefflera robusta]]''
*''[[Schefflera rotundifolia]]''
*''[[Schefflera sciadophyllum]]''
*''[[Schefflera sphaerocoma]]''
*''[[Schefflera stellata]]''
*''[[Schefflera tomentosa]]''
*''[[Schefflera umbellifera]]''
*''[[Schefflera urbaniana]]''
*''[[Schefflera venulosa]]''
For the complete list, see '''[[List of Schefflera species]]'''.
}}
[[Image:Scheflera1.jpg|thumb|A variegated cultivar of ''Schefflera arboricola'']]
'''''Schefflera''''' is a genus in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Araliaceae]]. The plants are [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s or [[liana]]s growing 1-30 m tall, with woody stems and palmately compound leaves. The Circumscription of the genus has varied greatly. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the widely used broad circumscription as a pantropical genus of over 700 species is polyphyletic, but it remains to be seen how this will affect the classification of the genus.
Several species are grown in pots as [[houseplant]]s, most commonly [[Schefflera actinophylla]], also known as the Umbrella Tree. Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected for various characters, most popularly for [[variegation|variegated]] or purple foliage. ''Schefflera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]]n species including ''[[Batrachedra|Batrachedra arenosella]]'' (recorded on ''S. stellata'').
[[Image:Schefflera_wallichiana.jpg|thumb|''Schefflera wallichiana'']]
==Name==
The genus is named in honor of [[Jacob Christian Scheffler]], a [[Germans|German]] botanist who wrote about ''[[Asarum]]''.<ref name=Genaust1983>Helmut Genaust (1983): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 2. Auflage. Birkhäuser Verlag - ISBN 3-7643-1399-4</ref>
==References==
<references/>
*Frodin, D. G. and R. Govaerts. 2004. World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae. Kew Publishing.
*Plunkett, G. M., P. P. Lowry, D. G. Frodin and J. Wen. 2005. Phylogeny and geography of ''Schefflera'': pervasive polyphyly in the largest genus of Araliaceae. ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 92: 202-224.
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
{{Apiales-stub}}
