Schefflera bodinieri (H. Lév.) Rehder

Shrubs or small trees, to 12 m tall, andromonoecious. Petiole 3.5-25 cm; petiolules 0.4-5(-6) cm; leaflets 5-9(-11), ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rarely ovate to elliptic, 8-12(-18) × 1-4.5(-5.5) cm, membranous or papery, abaxially glabrous or sparsely minutely stellate pubescent, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins ca. 10 pairs, inconspicuous to slightly raised on both surfaces, base cuneate or broadly cuneate to rounded, margin entire or usually sparsely to moderately serrulate, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, sometimes falcate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, gray or brown pubescent; primary axis 4-16(-20) cm, secondary axes 1.5-7 cm, with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and sometimes 1(or 2) lateral umbels of male flowers; pedicels 4-7 mm at anthesis, to 8 mm in fruit. Calyx sparsely gray-white stellate pubescent. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column, ca. 1 mm. Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid or ovoid, 4-7 × 4-6 mm; styles persistent, minutely capitate, to 1.5-3.5 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Feb, Apr.

Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan [Vietnam].

Dense forests on slopes or in valleys; 400-1000 m.

Heptapleurum bodinieri H. Léveillé, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 144. 1914; Agalma lutchuense Nakai; A. octophyllum (Loureiro) Seemann; Aralia octophylla Loureiro; Eleutherococcus bodinieri H. Léveillé; Schefflera compacta Frodin ex Lauener.

Schefflera bodinieri là một loài thực vật có hoa trong Họ Cuồng cuồng. Loài này được (H.Lév.) Rehder miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1930.

短序鹅掌柴（学名：Schefflera bodinieri）为五加科鹅掌柴属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的云南、广西、四川、贵州、湖北等地，生长于海拔400米至1,000米的地区，常生长在密林中，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。