Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Heptapleurum Gaertn.
SCHEFFLERA
Classification
APIALES
Heptapleurum
Citation
HEPTAPLEURUM Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 472, t. 178. 1791.
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TYPE: Heptapleurum stellatum Gaertner 1791.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Heptapleurum actinophyllum AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE; OCTOPUS TREE Not Native Y
Heptapleurum arboricola DWARF SCHEFFLERA Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Shrub or tree to 12 m tall; leaflets (3)7-16, the blade 10-30 cm long; inflorescence arms 30-80 cm long; ovary 10- to 12-carpellate (often naturalized)
1.  Shrub to 4 m tall; leaflets (3)7-9(10) blade 5-12 cm long; inflorescence arms 10-22 cm long; ovary 5- to 7-carpellate (rarely escaping)
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Actinomorphe Actinomorphe (Miquel) Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 749. 1856. BASIONYM: Sciodaphyllum P. Browne, subg. Actinomorphe Miquel, Comm. Phytogr. 102. 1840. TYPE: Actinomorphe humilis (Blume) Miquel 1856. (Sciadophyllum humile Blume 1827.)
Agalma Agalma Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 751. 1856. TYPE: Agalma rugosum Miquel 1856.
Brassaia Brassaia Endlicher, in Endlicher & Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec. 89. 1839. TYPE: Brassaia actinophylla Endlicher 1839.
Cephaloschefflera Cephaloschefflera (Harms) Merrill, Enum. Philipp. Pl. 3: 231. 1923. BASIONYM: Schefflera J. R. Forster & G. Forster, sect. Cephaloschefflera Harms, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 36. 1894. TYPE: Schefflera cephalotes (C. B. Clarke) Harms 1894. (Heptapleurum cephalotes C. B. Clarke 1879.) Typified by Hoo & Tseng, Acta Phytotax Sin., Addit. 1: 129-175. 1965.
Gynapteina Gynapteina (Blume) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 8: 113. 1839. BASIONYM: Aralia Linnaeus, sect. Gynapteina Blume, Bijdr. 871. 1827. TYPE: Aralia rugosa Blume 1827.
Parapanax Parapanax Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind., Suppl. 338. 1861. TYPE: Parapanax littoralis Miquel 1861. Typified by Lowry & G. M. Plunkett, Novon 28: 145l. 2020.
Paratropia Paratropia (Blume) de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 265. 1830. BASIONYM: Aralia Linnaeus, sect. Paratropia Blume, Bijdr. 873. 1827. TYPE: Paratropia rigida (Blume) de Candolle 1830. (Aralia rigida Blume 1827.) Typified by Lowry & G. M. Plunkett Novon 28: 144. 2020.
Scheffleropsis Scheffleropsis Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 888. 1922. TYPE: Scheffleropsis polyandra (Ridley) Ridley 1922. (Schefflera polyandra Ridley 1917.)
Tupidanthus Tupidanthus Hooker f. & Thomson, Bot. Mag. 82: t. 4908. 1856. TYPE: Tupidanthus calyptratus Hooker f. & Thomson 1856.