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Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 46 (1776)
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
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New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
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Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Schefflera digitata

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Araliaceae
Schefflera
digitata

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Tree up to 8 m. tall, branches stout. Lvs digitately 3-9-foliolate on sheathing petioles up to 25 cm. long; petiolules up to 2 cm. long; lamina obovate-cuneate, acuminate to obtuse, membr., sharply serrate; terminal lflt with lamina up to 20 cm. long (lvs of juvenile plants, especially in northern part of range, often irregularly lobulate to pinnatifid). Panicle-branches ∞, spreading, up to 35 cm. long; bracts and bractlets small. Umbels ∞, up to 10-fld; peduncles subsessile to c. 1 cm. long, pedicels shorter. Fls greenish, c. 7 mm. diam. Fr. subglobose, dark violet, c. 3·5 mm. diam., fleshy, grooved when dry.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

2n = 24
2n = 24

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Aralia schefflerea Spreng.
Aralia schefflerea Spreng.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera cunninghami Miq.
Schefflera cunninghami Miq.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
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Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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5cd85b2b-777f-49ae-8f41-04f79a39bf6d
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 March 2007
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