Heptapleurum calyptratum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Araliaceae |
Genus: | Heptapleurum |
Species: | H. calyptratum |
Binomial name | |
Heptapleurum calyptratum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Y.F.Deng (2018) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Heptapleurum calyptratum, commonly known as mallet flower, is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a scrambling tree that ranges from eastern India and Bangladesh through Tibet and Indochina to southern China. [2]
Heptapleurum calyptratum in small tree growing 15-20' tall. It has palmate leaves with 7-12 leaflets growing in a whorled fashion. It produces distinct green mallet shape flower buds.
The plant (as Schefflera pueckleri) is an IUCN Conservation-dependent species, that is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
Heptapleurum arboricola is a flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to Taiwan and Hainan Province, China. Its common name is dwarf umbrella tree, as it resembles a smaller version of the umbrella tree, Heptapleurum actinophyllum.
Heptapleurum actinophyllum is a tree in the family Araliaceae. It is native to tropical rainforests and gallery forests in northern and north-eastern Queensland coasts and the Northern Territory of Australia, as well as New Guinea and Java. Common names include Australian umbrella tree, Queensland umbrella tree, octopus tree and amate.
Schefflera digitata, the patē, seven-finger, or umbrella tree, is a tree endemic to New Zealand belonging to the family Araliaceae. Māori names include: patē, patatē, patete, and kōtētē. It occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island, covering a latitudinal range from 34°S to 47°S. It prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. It is the only New Zealand representative of the genus Schefflera, which has 12 other species on the Pacific islands.
Schefflera apiculata is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. It has been collected in the Bacan Islands, Halmahera Island, and Ternate Island, growing in lowland rain forest.
Heptapleurum beccarianum is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo. It grows in lowland rain forest.
Heptapleurum bourdillonii is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a shrub or small tree endemic to Kerala in India. It has been collected in the Travancore Hills in the southern Western Ghats, where it grows in montane rain forest.
Heptapleurum bractescens is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to New Guinea and to far northern Queensland in Australia. Originally named from a New Guinea collection, it was identified as a different species, Schefflera versteegii, when first discovered in Australia.
Heptapleurum capituliferum is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to northern Sumatra. It is a small hemiepiphytic tree, which grows in montane rain forest and along forest edges in deep ravines.
Heptapleurum insigne is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Yangchun county of Guangdong province in southern China.
Heptapleurum kuchingense is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak. It is known only from an area near Kuching. It is a multi-trunked tree, and sometimes an epiphyte.
Heptapleurum digitatum, is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.
Heptapleurum nanocephalum is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. Its natural habitat is montane rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was previously placed in the genus Schefflera.
Heptapleurum taiwanianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to Taiwan, where it is scattered throughout coniferous forests at 2,000–3,000 m (6,600–9,800 ft). Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8.2 ft) broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Large leaves up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long are composed of up to 11 ovate leaflets arranged radially around a central stalk. Young leaves are covered in silver hairs, while mature leaves have a smooth surface. Sprays of flowers in late summer are followed by dark berries in winter - a valued food source for insects and birds.
Heptapleurum wrayi is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree native to Peninsular Malaysia and Peninsular Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hippeastrum calyptratum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Brazil.
Neocussonia umbellifera is an evergreen to semi-deciduous Southern African tree of 15-20m growing in escarpment and coastal forest in Malawi, through eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique along the east coast to South Africa, as far south as the Garden Route. It belongs to the Araliaceae or Cabbage Tree family, and was formerly placed in the genus Schefflera, created by J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. in 1776 to honour the 18th century German physician and botanist Johann Peter Ernst von Scheffler of Danzig, and not to be confused with writer and physician Jacob Christoph Scheffler (1698-1745) of Altdorf bei Nürnberg.
Heptapleurum polycladum is a plant species endemic to in Papua New Guinea. It is an extant taxon. It is a scrambling tree which grows from 4 to 15 meters tall. It is likely pollinated by insects, and its fruit and seeds dispersed by birds.
Heptapleurum acuminatissimum is a flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known only from Bataan Province on the island of Luzon. It is a small scandent tree which grows in lowland rain forest at 700 meters elevation. It is known from a single location, and has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) of only 4 km2.
Heptapleurum heptaphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern China, Indo-China and Japan. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 as Vitis heptaphylla.
Heptapleurum ellipticum, commonly known in Australia as the climbing umbrella tree, is a plant in the family Araliaceae native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia and Australia.