Heptapleurum heptaphyllum

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern China, Indo-China and Japan.^[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 as Vitis heptaphylla.^[2]

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Heptapleurum
Species:	H. heptaphyllum
Binomial name
Heptapleurum heptaphyllum (L.) Y.F.Deng[1]
Synonyms[1]
Agalma lutchuense Nakai Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem. Ampelopsis heptaphylla (L.) Schult. Aralia heptaphylla (L.) Willd. ex Spreng. Aralia octonata Stokes Aralia octophylla Lour. Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Benth. ex Hance Heptapleurum rubriflorum (C.J.Tseng & G.Hoo) Y.F.Deng Paratropia cantoniensis Hook. & Arn. Schefflera atrifoliata R.H.Miao Schefflera choganhensis Harms Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms Schefflera rubriflora C.J.Tseng & G.Hoo Sciodaphyllum heptaphyllum (L.) C.L.Hitchc. Vitis heptaphylla L.

Schefflera rubriflora was assessed as "critically endangered" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it was considered endemic to Yunnan in China,^[3] but as of January 2023^[update] was treated as part of the much more widely distributed Heptapleurum heptaphyllum.^[1]