Heptapleurum
| 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.[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.
Species
References
- ^ a b c "Heptapleurum Gaertn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ^ a b Lowry Ii, Porter P.; Plunkett, Gregory M. (2020). "Resurrection of the Genus Heptapleurum for the Asian Clade of Species Previously Included in Schefflera (Araliaceae)". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 28 (3): 143–170. Bibcode:2020Novon..28..143L. doi:10.3417/2020612. S2CID 221860194.
- ^ "Schefflera arboricola 'Gold Capella'". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Energy Development Corporation (EDC), 2020. Schefflera acuminatissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T154179418A157178511. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T154179418A157178511.en. Accessed 7 May 2023.
- ^ Energy Development Corporation; et al. (EDC) (2020). "Heptapleurum agamae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T34244A153534751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T34244A153534751.en. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Heptapleurum fastigiatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T33703A9802707. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33703A9802707.en. Retrieved 9 May 2023.