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Schefflera brevipedicellata Harms

Description

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Shrubs or small trees, to 10 m tall, hermaphroditic. Petiole 19-30 cm, 2-4 mm in diam. at base; ligule 2-5 mm; petiolules 1-6 cm; leaflets 5-7(-9), oblong or oblong-elliptic, 10-22 × 4.5-11 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 8-11 pairs, slightly raised abaxially, tertiary veins inconspicuous, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescence a pseudo-lateral panicle of umbels, borne below leaves, with brown bark; primary axis to 15 cm, secondary axes to 12 cm; pedicels 1-3 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm, margin slightly sinuous. Ovary 7-11(-13)-carpellate; styles united into a column, ca. 1.5 mm. Fruit globose, 4-5 mm in diam., 7-11(-13)-ribbed when dry; styles persistent; pedicels 3-8 mm, stout. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Nov-Dec, Mar.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 463 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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W Guangxi (Jingxi), S Yunnan [Vietnam].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 463 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat

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Disturbed lands, forests in wet valleys; 800-1300 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 463 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Synonym

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Schefflera polypyrena C. J. Tseng & G. Hoo; S. menglaensis H. Chu & H. Wang.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 463 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
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eFloras