Sciodaphyllum seibertii

Sciodaphyllum seibertii is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to Costa Rica and western Panama.

Sciodaphyllum seibertii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Sciodaphyllum
Species:	S. seibertii
Binomial name
Sciodaphyllum seibertii (A.C.Sm.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & M.M.Mora (2019)
Synonyms[2]
Schefflera seibertii A.C.Sm. (1941)

Sciodaphyllum seibertii is a small shrub or small tree, terrestrial or hemiepiphytic, growing from 1 to 5 meters tall. It flowers in March, April, June, October and November.^[1]

It is native to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. The most collections are from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica. It grows in premontane to montane rain forests and cloud forests, from 1,100 to 1,700, and occasionally as low as 700, meters elevation.^[1]