Heptapleurum ellipticum (Blume) Seem.

First published in J. Bot. 3: 78 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Queensland. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Réunion, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Schefflera elliptica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Buwalda, P. [6992] Indonesia K004985035 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6861] Indonesia K004985036 Yes
s.coll. [24] Indonesia K004985024 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; Woerden, C.L.L.H. [15] Indonesia K004985028 Yes
Junghuhn, F.W. [547] Indonesia K004985025 Yes
Winckel [1536ß] Indonesia K004985023 Yes
Andrews, C.W. [s.n.] Christmas Island K004985034 Yes
Powell, D.A.; H'ng Kim Chey [775] Christmas Island K004985032 Yes
[A. Pedson] [[F87]] Christmas Island K004985029 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [14412] Indonesia K004985037 Yes
Zollinger, H. [[1058]] Indonesia K004985020 Yes
Buwalda, P. [3003] Indonesia K004985027 Yes
Ramos, M.; Edano, G. [44315] Philippines K004985996 Yes
Powell, D.A. [95] Christmas Island K004985030 Yes
s.coll. [282bis] Indonesia K004985022 Yes
Vries, D. [s.n.] Indonesia K004985021 Yes
Powell, D.A. [281] Christmas Island K004985031 Yes
[F.J. Lister] [s.n.] Christmas Island K004985033 Yes
Lutjeharms, W.J. [4251] Indonesia K004985038 Yes
Wirawan, N. [353] Indonesia K004985026 Yes
May 1, 2012 I Made Maduarta [IMM 112] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000734276 No
Dec 1, 1976 Elmer, A.D.E. [13652] Philippines Schefflera elliptica K000810040 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1976 Miranda, D.P. [18955] Philippines Schefflera elliptica K000810041 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1975 Curtis, C. [972] Malaysia Schefflera elliptica K000792942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Ridley, H.N. [141] Australia Schefflera elliptica K000810109 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1969 Motley, J. [s.n.] Borneo Schefflera elliptica K000810113 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Teysmann, J.E. [s.n.] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000810108 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Teysmann, J.E. [5231] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000810107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Korthals, P.W. [s.n.] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000810112 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000810111 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blume, C.L. [s.n.] Indonesia Schefflera elliptica K000810110 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0