''Schefflerodendron'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
. It includes four species of trees native to tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola. They grow in tropical rain forest and seasonally-dry forest, including disturbed areas. Three species are native to the
Guineo-Congolian forests
The Guineo-Congolian region is a biogeographical region in Africa straddling the Equator and stretching from the Atlantic Ocean through the Congo Basin to the Congo / Nile divide in Rwanda and Burundi. Formerly, this region was largely covered in ...
of west-central Africa, and one species (''
S. usambarense'') also extends to the
Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forests of Tanzania.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Schefflerodendron adenopetalum'' (Taub.) Harms
*'']Schefflerodendron gabonense
''Schefflerodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola. They grow in tropical rain forest and seasonally-dry forest, i ...
'' Pellegr.
*'' Schefflerodendron gilbertianum'' J.Léonard & Latour
*'' Schefflerodendron usambarense'' Harms
References
Millettieae
Fabaceae genera
Afrotropical realm flora
Taxa named by Hermann Harms
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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