Astropanax procumbens

Astropanax procumbens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Schefflera
Species:	S. procumbens
Binomial name
Schefflera procumbens (Hemsley) Frodin

Schefflera procumbens is a species of plant in the Araliaceae family. It is endemic to Seychelles, now confined to six small areas on Silhouette Island at altitudes between 400 and 700 meters, having become extinct on Mahé.

Schefflera procumbens is a climbing epiphyte, with gray bark, palmate leaves on petioles up to 20 cm in length, and cream-colored, globular fruits in clusters.

References

• Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles 1998. Schefflera procumbens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
• Rosemary Wise and Malcolm James Coe, A fragile Eden, Princeton University Press, 1998, page 52. ISBN 978-0-691-04817-8.