Heptapleurum

Heptapleurum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, the ivy or ginseng family. These plants are native to Southeast Asia: Malesia, Papuasia, southern China, Vietnam, the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.^[1] The genus was phylogenetically resurrected from the genus Schefflera in 2020.^[2] It is currently the largest genus of Araliaceae^[2] with 321 accepted species.^[1]

Heptapleurum
Heptapleurum actinophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Subfamily:	Aralioideae
Genus:	Heptapleurum Gaertn.
Species
See List of Heptapleurum species
Synonyms[1]
Actinomorphe (Miq.) Miq. Agalma Miq. Brassaia Endl. Cephaloschefflera (Harms) Merr. Gynapteina (Blume) Spach Heptoneurum Hassk. Parapanax Miq. Paratropia (Blume) DC. Scheffleropsis Ridl. Tupidanthus Hook.f. & Thomson Unjala Blume

Heptapleurum includes species commonly grown as houseplants or garden ornamentals (such as Heptapleurum arboricola)^[3][4]. Many species are threatened, endangered, or critically endangered by deforestative habitat loss and extreme endemism, such as Heptapleurum acuminatissimum, which is known only from a single location with an estimated extent of occurrence of only 4 km².^[5][6][7]

They are commonly scrambling subshrubs to small trees, with many epiphytic and vining members.

Species

Main article: List of Heptapleurum species