''Plerandra'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

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that has long been considered a synonym of ''

Schefflera ''Schefflera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. With an estimated 600–900 species, the genus represents about half of its family. The plants are trees, shrubs or lianas, growing tall, with woody stems, the absence o ...

'', which has been a

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group.

Species

Species include: * '' Plerandra actinostigma'' (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra baillonii'' (R. Vig.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra bakeriana'' (Seem.) A.C. Sm. * '' Plerandra brassii'' Philipson * ''

Plerandra cabalionii ''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. Species Species include: * ''Plerandra actinostigma'' (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone) G ...

'' (Lowry) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra calcicola'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * ''

Plerandra costata ''Plerandra costata'' is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Fiji. It is known from two mountain tops, Mount Tomanivi on Viti Levu and the western slope of Taveuni Taveuni (pronounced ) is the third-largest island in ...

'' (A.C. Sm.) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra crassipes'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''

Plerandra elegantissima ''Plerandra elegantissima'' (formerly called ''Schefflera elegantissima'' and ''Dizygotheca elegantissima''), the false aralia, is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Araliaceae, native plant, native to New Caledonia. ...

'' (Veitch ex Mast.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra elongata'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra emiliana'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra gabriellae'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra gordonii'' Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin ined. * '' Plerandra graeffei'' Dammann * '' Plerandra grandiflora'' A.C. Sm. * ''

Plerandra grayi ''Plerandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Araliaceae that has long been considered a synonym of ''Schefflera'', which has been a polyphyletic group. Species Species include: * ''Plerandra actinostigma'' (A.C. S ...

'' Seem. * '' Plerandra hogkugu'' Harms * '' Plerandra insolita'' A.C. Sm. * '' Plerandra jatrophifolia'' Hance * '' Plerandra leptophylla'' (Veitch ex T. Moore) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra letocartiorum'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * '' Plerandra longistyla'' Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra mackeei'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * '' Plerandra memaoyaensis'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * '' Plerandra micrantha'' Philipson * '' Plerandra moratiana'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * '' Plerandra neocaledonica'' Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra nono'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra osyana'' (Veitch ex Regel) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra pachyphylla'' (Harms) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra pancheri'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra paucidens'' (Miq.) Baill. * '' Plerandra paucidentata'' Baill. * '' Plerandra pickeringii'' A. Gray * '' Plerandra plerandroides'' (R. Vig.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra polydactylis'' (Montr.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra pouemboutensis'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett * '' Plerandra reginae'' (hort. ex W. Richards) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra seemanniana'' (A.C. Sm.) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra solomonensis'' Philipson * '' Plerandra stahliana'' Warb. * '' Plerandra tannae'' (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra taomensis'' Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin ined. * '' Plerandra toto'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett * '' Plerandra tronchetii'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined.IUCN Red List ''Plerandra sp. nov.'' "tronchetii"
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Plerandra vanuatua ''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. Species Species include: * ''Plerandra actinostigma'' (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone) G ...

'' (Lowry) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra veilloniorum'' Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''

Plerandra veitchii ''Plerandra veitchii'' is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural ...

'' (hort. ex Carrière) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra victoriae'' Gibbs * '' Plerandra vitiensis'' (Seem.) Baill.

References

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