Schima

Schima
flowers and leaves of Schima wallichii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Theaceae
Genus:	Schima Reinw. ex Blume (1823)
Species
see text

Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae.^[1]

The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. There are about 20 species, including six species endemic to China.^[1]

Species (accepted)

• Schima brevipedicellata Hung T. Chang
• Schima crenata Korth.
• Schima khasiana Dyer
• Schima multibracteata Hung T. Chang
• Schima noronhae Reinw.
• Schima parviflora W.C. Cheng & Hung T. Chang
• Schima remotiserrata Hung T. Chang
• Schima sericans (Hand.-Mazz.) T.L. Ming
• Schima sericans var. paracrenata (Hung T. Chang) T.L. Ming
• Schima sinensis (Hemsl. & E.H. Wilson) Airy Shaw
• Schima superba Gardner & Champ.
• Schima villosa Hu
• Schima wallichii Choisy

Species (unresolved)

• Schima argentea E.Pritz. ex Diels
• Schima bambusifolia Hu
• Schima bancana Miq.
• Schima beccarii Warb.
• Schima boninensis Melch.
• Schima boninensis Nakai
• Schima brevifolia Baill. ex Stapf
• Schima dulungensis H.T.Chang & C.S.Ye
• Schima excelsa Blume
• Schima hypochra Pierre
• Schima hypoglauca Miq.
• Schima lobbii (Hook.f.) Pierre
• Schima lowii Pierre
• Schima mairei Hochr.
• Schima mertensiana Koidz.
• Schima mollis Dyer
• Schima monticola Kurz
• Schima oblata Kurz
• Schima polyneura H.T.Chang
• Schima pulgarensis Elmer
• Schima rigida Miq.
• Schima sericea Airy Shaw
• Schima sulcinervia Miq.
• Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.

References

1. Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Schima". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

• The Plant List entry