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Sciodaphyllum

Sciodaphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It was resurrected from Schefflera in 2020.

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Sciodaphyllum
Sciodaphyllum rivas-martinezii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Sciodaphyllum
P.Browne
Species

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Synonyms1
  • Actinophyllum Ruiz & Pav.
  • Cotylanthes Calest.
  • Sciadophyllum Rchb.

Sciodaphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.1 It was resurrected from Schefflera in 2020.2

Species

The following species are accepted:1

  • Sciodaphyllum acuminatum (Pav.) Poir. – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum albocapitatum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica and Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum allocotanthum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum angulatum (Pav.) Poir. – Ecuador and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum aquaverense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum archeri (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama and Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum argophyllum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum asymmetricum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon
  • Sciodaphyllum attenuatum (Sw.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Lesser Antilles
  • Sciodaphyllum awa (Ram.-Padilla) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia (Nariño)
  • Sciodaphyllum ayangannense (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Guyana
  • Sciodaphyllum bangii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum basiorevolutum Rodrigues-Vaz, G.M.Plunkett & Lowry – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum bejucosum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum bifidum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum bifurcatum (Idarraga & Jiménez-Mont.) Idarraga & Jiménez-Mont. – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum blepharidophyllum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum bogotense (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum bonitum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum breviramum (Jiménez-Mont. & Idarraga) Jiménez-Mont. & Idarraga – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum brownei Spreng. – Jamaica
  • Sciodaphyllum buchtienii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum caducum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum cajambrense (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum calycinum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum calyptricuspidatum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum capitulispicatum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum cartagoense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica
  • Sciodaphyllum chachapoyense Rodrigues-Vaz, G.M.Plunkett & Lowry – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum chartaceum A.C.Sm. – Costa Rica and Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum chococolum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum cicatricatum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum ciliatum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum clausum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Sciodaphyllum coclense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum concolor (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon
  • Sciodaphyllum connatum (Jiménez-Mont. & Idarraga) Jiménez-Mont. & Idarraga – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum contractum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Sciodaphyllum cracens (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Sciodaphyllum crassilimbum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum decagynum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum dielsii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Ecuador and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum diguanum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum digynum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum diplodactylum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – southern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum dolichostylum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Ecuador and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum duidae (Steyerm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (northwestern Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum elachistocephalum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum epiphyticum (A.C.Sm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum euryphyllum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum ferrugineum (Willd. ex Schult.) Decne. & Planch. – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum fragrans (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum geniculatum M.M.Mora, Lowry & G.M.Plunkett – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum glabratum (Kunth) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Trinidad and northern Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum guanayense (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum herthae (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum herzogii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum heterotrichum Seem. – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum huilense (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum humboldtianum Decne. & Planch. ex Seem. – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum inambaricum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru and western Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum institum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica
  • Sciodaphyllum jauaense (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Sciodaphyllum jefense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum karstenianum Marchal – Colombia and Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum kuntzei (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru and Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum lancifoliolatum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum lasiogyne (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – southwestern Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum latiligulatum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum lilacinum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum macphersonii (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum magnifolium (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum maguireorum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum manus-dei (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum marahuacense (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum marginatum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum mathewsii Seem. – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum merinoi D.A.Neill, G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & M.M.Mora – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum meiurophyllum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum minutiflorum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum montanum Idarraga, Jiménez-Mont. & Lowry – Colombia,
  • Sciodaphyllum monzonense (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum munchiquense (Ram.-Padilla) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
  • Sciodaphyllum nebularum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum nephelophilum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum nicaraguense Standl. – Nicaragua and Costa Rica
  • Sciodaphyllum octostylum (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum oxapampense G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum panamense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum paniculitomentosum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum pardoanum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum paruanum (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – southern Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum patulum Rusby – southeastern Ecuador, Peru, and northwestern Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum pedicellatum (Pav.) Poir. – Ecuador and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum pedicelligerum (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum pentadactylum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum pentandrum (Pav.) Poir. – Ecuador, Peru, and northwestern Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum peruvianum (Aspl.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum pittieri (Marchal ex T.Durand & Pittier) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica and Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum planchonianum Marchal – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum purocafeanum G.M.Plunkett, M.M.Mora, D.A.Neill & Lowry – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum pygmaeum Jiménez-Mont. & Idarraga – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum quinduense (Kunth) DC. – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum quinquestylorum (Steyerm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar) and Guyana
  • Sciodaphyllum ramosissimum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum recaldeorum Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, M.M.Mora & D.A.Neill – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum reticulatum (Gleason) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela and Guyana
  • Sciodaphyllum rivas-martinezii A.Fuentes & Cayola – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum robustum A.C.Sm. – Costa Rica and Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum rodolfoi Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum rubiginosum (Marchal) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – northwestern Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum rufilanceolatum Rodrigues-Vaz, G.M.Plunkett & Lowry – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum sachamatense (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum samarianum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum sandianum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum sapoense (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum sararense (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum seibertii (A.C.Sm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Costa Rica and Panama
  • Sciodaphyllum silvaticum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum sipapoense (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum sodiroi (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum sonsonense Jiménez-Mont. – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum sphaerocoma Benth. – Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador
  • Sciodaphyllum sprucei Seem. – Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum steyermarkii (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Sciodaphyllum systylum Donn.Sm. – Costa Rica, Panama, and western Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum tamanum (Steyerm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Táchira)
  • Sciodaphyllum ternatum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum tipuanicum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum tremuloideum (Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Sciodaphyllum trianae Planch. & Linden ex Marchal – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum trollii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Bolivia
  • Sciodaphyllum troyanum Urb. – Jamaica
  • Sciodaphyllum undulatum Jiménez-Mont., Idarraga & Lowry – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum urbanianum (Marchal ex Urb.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – northern Martinique
  • Sciodaphyllum vanderwerffii (Dorr & Stergios) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum vasquezianum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum velutinum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum venezuelense Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Venezuela
  • Sciodaphyllum viguierianum (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum violaceum (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum weberbaueri (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Peru
  • Sciodaphyllum whitefoordiae (M.J.Cannon & Cannon) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Panama and northwestern Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum yurumanguine (Cuatrec.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum zarucchii M.M.Mora, Lowry, Idarraga, Jiménez-Mont. & G.M.Plunkett – Colombia
  • Sciodaphyllum zunacense M.M.Mora, Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & D.A.Neill – Ecuador
References

References

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