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| image =
|image = Schefflera bractescens.jpg
| status = LR/lc
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Chadburn, H. |date=2020 |title=''Heptapleurum bractescens'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T34929A144061723 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T34929A144061723.en |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|genus = Heptapleurum
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|species = bractescens
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
|authority = ([[Ridl.]]) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (2020)
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
|synonyms =
| genus = ''[[Schefflera]]''
* ''Schefflera bractescens'' {{small|Ridl. (1914)}}
| species = '''''S. bractescens'''''
| binomial = ''Schefflera bractescens''
* ''Schefflera aruensis'' {{small|Ridl. (1946)}}
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'''''Schefflera bractescens''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Araliaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]].


'''''Heptapleurum bractescens''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the family [[Araliaceae]]. It is native to [[New Guinea]] and to far northern [[Queensland]] in [[Australia]]. Originally named from a New Guinea collection, it was identified as a different species, ''[[Schefflera versteegii]]'', when first discovered in Australia.
==Source==
* Frodin, D. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/34929/all ''Schefflera bractescens'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on [[23 August]] [[2007]].


==Description==
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''Heptapleurum bractescens'' is a shrub or small tree which grows up to 9 meters tall. It can grow as an [[epiphyte]] on other trees and as a [[lithophyte]] on rocks.<ref name = iucn/>
[[Category:Schefflera]]

==Range and habitat==
It grows in the lowlands of southern [[Papua New Guinea]], including the [[Papuan Peninsula]] and [[Goodenough Island]], in the [[Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests]], [[Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests]], and [[Southeastern Papuan rain forests]] ecoregions. It also grows in the [[Iron Range, Queensland|Iron Range]] and [[McIlwraith Range]] of Queensland, in the [[Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna]] ecoregion.<ref name = iucn/>

It grows in rainforests and thickets, including stream and gallery forests, secondary regrowth, and in rocky areas, from sea level to 915 meters elevation.<ref name = iucn/>

==References==
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[[Category:Heptapleurum|bractescens]]
[[Category:Apiales of Australia]]
[[Category:Apiales of Australia]]
[[Category:Least concern flora of Australia]]
[[Category:Nature Conservation Act rare biota]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of Queensland]]
[[Category:Rare flora of Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Flora of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]


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Latest revision as of 21:13, 8 May 2023

Heptapleurum bractescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Heptapleurum
Species:
H. bractescens
Binomial name
Heptapleurum bractescens
(Ridl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (2020)
Synonyms[2]
  • Schefflera bractescens Ridl. (1914)
  • Schefflera aruensis Ridl. (1946)

Heptapleurum bractescens is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to New Guinea and to far northern Queensland in Australia. Originally named from a New Guinea collection, it was identified as a different species, Schefflera versteegii, when first discovered in Australia.

Description[edit]

Heptapleurum bractescens is a shrub or small tree which grows up to 9 meters tall. It can grow as an epiphyte on other trees and as a lithophyte on rocks.[1]

Range and habitat[edit]

It grows in the lowlands of southern Papua New Guinea, including the Papuan Peninsula and Goodenough Island, in the Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests, Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests, and Southeastern Papuan rain forests ecoregions. It also grows in the Iron Range and McIlwraith Range of Queensland, in the Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna ecoregion.[1]

It grows in rainforests and thickets, including stream and gallery forests, secondary regrowth, and in rocky areas, from sea level to 915 meters elevation.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Chadburn, H. (2020). "Heptapleurum bractescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T34929A144061723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T34929A144061723.en. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ Heptapleurum bractescens (Ridl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 May 2023.