Heptapleurum digitatum

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Heptapleurum digitatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Heptapleurum
Species:
H. digitatum
Binomial name
Heptapleurum digitatum
(G.Don ex Loudon) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (2020) [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Actinophyllum digitatumWall. ex Loudon (1829), not validly publ.
  • Aralia digitataRoxb. (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Paratropia digitataVoigt (1845)
  • Schefflera roxburghii Gamble (1919)
  • Schefflera venulosa var. roxburghii(Gamble) K.K.Khanna (2002)
  • Sciodaphyllum digitatumG.Don ex Loudon (1832)

Heptapleurum digitatum (synonym Schefflera roxburghii), is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. [2]

The Latin specific epithet roxburghii refers to the Scottish Botanist William Roxburgh. [3]

References

  1. Frodin, D. (1998). "Schefflera roxburghii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T33486A9781694. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33486A9781694.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Heptapleurum digitatum (G.Don ex Loudon) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett. Plants of the World Online .
  3. Stearn, William (1973). A Gardenerer's Dictionary of Plant Names (Revised ed.). London: Cassell (published 1963). p. 278. ISBN   0-304-93721-5.