Astropanax barteri is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae.

Astropanax barteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Astropanax
Species:
A. barteri
Binomial name
Astropanax barteri
Seem. (1865)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Heptapleurum barteri (Seem.) Hiern (1877)
  • Schefflera barteri (Seem.) Harms (1894)
  • Sciodaphyllum barteri (Seem.) Seem. (1865)
  • Astropanax baikiei Seem. (1865)
  • Heptapleurum baikiei (Seem.) Hiern (1877)
  • Heptapleurum dananense A.Chev. (1912)
  • Heptapleurum scandens Hiern (1877), nom. illeg.
  • Schefflera baikiei (Seem.) Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (1894)
  • Schefflera dananensis (A.Chev.) Harms ex Engl. (1921)
  • Schefflera henriquesiana Harms ex Henriq. (1917)
  • Schefflera hierniana Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (1894)
  • Schefflera ledermannii Harms (1915)
  • Sciodaphyllum baikiei (Seem.) Seem. (1865)

It is native to tropical Africa. According to Plants of the World Online, Astropanax barteri is distributed in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria), west-central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi), and Angola.[2] The IUCN Red List records a narrower range for the species (as Schefflera hierniana) in Equatorial Guinea (Bioko island) and in Cameroon, including Mount Cameroon, Belo to Lake Oku in Northwest Region, the Rumpi Hills in Southwest Region, the Bakossi Mountains, the Lebialem Highlands at Fosimondi.[1]

It grows in humid evergreen lowland rain forest and Afromontane rain forest, including gallery and swampy forests, from 100 to 2,200 meters elevation.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cheek, M. (2014). "Schefflera hierniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T45424A3001933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T45424A3001933.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Astropanax barteri Seem. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ Porter P. Lowry, Gregory M. Plunkett, Morgan R. Gostel, David G. Frodin "A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia," Candollea, 72(2), 265-282, (1 June 2017)