Heptapleurum heptaphyllum

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern China, Indo-China and Japan.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 as Vitis heptaphylla.[2]

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Heptapleurum
Species:
H. heptaphyllum
Binomial name
Heptapleurum heptaphyllum
(L.) Y.F.Deng[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Agalma lutchuense Nakai
  • Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem.
  • Ampelopsis heptaphylla (L.) Schult.
  • Aralia heptaphylla (L.) Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Aralia octonata Stokes
  • Aralia octophylla Lour.
  • Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Benth. ex Hance
  • Heptapleurum rubriflorum (C.J.Tseng & G.Hoo) Y.F.Deng
  • Paratropia cantoniensis Hook. & Arn.
  • Schefflera atrifoliata R.H.Miao
  • Schefflera choganhensis Harms
  • Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin
  • Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms
  • Schefflera rubriflora C.J.Tseng & G.Hoo
  • Sciodaphyllum heptaphyllum (L.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Vitis heptaphylla L.

Schefflera rubriflora was assessed as "critically endangered" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it was considered endemic to Yunnan in China,[3] but as of January 2023 was treated as part of the much more widely distributed Heptapleurum heptaphyllum.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Heptapleurum heptaphyllum (L.) Y.F.Deng", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-31
  2. ^ "Heptapleurum heptaphyllum (L.) Y.F.Deng", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-31
  3. ^ China Plant Specialist Group (2004), "Schefflera rubriflora", IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2004: e.T46470A11058857, doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46470A11058857.en, retrieved 2023-01-31