''Schoepfia multiflora'' is a species of
flowering plant in the
Schoepfiaceae family.
It is a smallish
tree, growing six to eight metres tall, exceptionally to ten metres.
It is
endemic to
Jamaica,
[ where it grows on rocky limestone in the woodlands of the central region.][
''Schoepfia multiflora'' was first described as a new species by Ignatz Urban in the 1907 volume of the ''Symbolae Antillanae''.]
In the 1984 key by Hermann Otto Sleumer, ''Schoepfia multiflora'', ''S. harrisii'' and ''S. vacciniifolia'' are the only American '' Schoepfia'' species which have some or all flowers possessing tiny pedicels - all other species have sessile flowers which sit directly on top of the short peduncles. ''S. harrisii'' is also a Jamaican endemic, whereas ''S. vacciniifolia'' is a species from Central America.[
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References
Schoepfiaceae
Near threatened plants
Endemic flora of Jamaica
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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