| Heptapleurum | |
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| Heptapleurum actinophyllum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Heptapleurum Gaertn. |
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Heptapleurum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, the ivy or ginseng family. These plants are native to Southeast Asia: Malesia, Papuasia, southern China, Vietnam, the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. [1] The genus was phylogenetically resurrected from the genus Schefflera in 2020. [2] It is the largest genus of Araliaceae [2] with 321 accepted species as of November 2025 [update] . [1]
Heptapleurum includes species commonly grown as houseplants or garden ornamentals (such as Heptapleurum arboricola ) [3] [4] . Some species are threatened, endangered, or critically endangered by deforestative habitat loss and extreme endemism, such as Heptapleurum acuminatissimum , which is known only from a single location with an estimated extent of occurrence of only 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi). [5] [6] [7]
They are commonly scrambling subshrubs to small trees, with many epiphytic and vining members.
