Plerandra

Plerandra
Plerandra elegantissima
is commonly grown as an ornamental plant for its juvenile leaf form
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Plerandra
A.Gray
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bakeria Seem.
  • Dizygotheca N.E. Br.
  • Octotheca R. Vig.

Plerandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae that has long been considered a synonym of Schefflera, which has been a polyphyletic group.[2]

Species

Species include:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Plerandra". Tropicos. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  2. Lowry, P.P., II; Plunkett, G.M.; Frodin, D.G. (2013). "Revision of Plerandra (Araliaceae). I. A synopsis of the genus with an expanded circumscription and a new infrageneric classification". Brittonia 65 (1): 42–61. doi:10.1007/s12228-012-9260-2.


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