Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Araliaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 23 (1775)
Vernacular Name(s):
Umbrella plant; Umbrella tree
 Description

Plants polygamous or dioec., us. in umbels scattered racemosely along the branches of a panicle. Calyx-teeth minute or obsolete; petals 5 or more, valvate; stamens same number as petals. Disk large, undulate-margined, ovary 5- or more-loculed; style-branches same number as locules, connate below. Fr. fleshy, seeds one per locule. Shrubs or small trees.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1775: Characteres Generum Plantarum:quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. Edition 1. London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.