Schefflera
Schefflera /ˈʃɛflərə/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands.
| Schefflera | |
|---|---|
| Schefflera digitata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1775) |
| Diversity | |
| 13 species | |
The genus is named in honor of Johann Peter Ernst von Scheffler (born in 1739), physician and botanist of Gdańsk, and later of Warsaw, who contributed plants to Gottfried Reyger for Reygers book, 'Tentamen Florae Gedanensis'.
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