Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (29 November 1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum Edn. 1: 45, t. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Schefflera digitata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 5852).

Harms, H.A.T. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (28 December 1894), Araliaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 8(111): 36 [secondary reference]

Frodin, D.G. (1975), The Cephaloschefflera compex. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 56: 427-448 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 845 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 317 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paratropia (Blume) DC. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 21, 70 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Brassaia Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agalma Miq. legitimate

Henwood, M.J. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Araliaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 87 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Araliaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 311 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 66 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 775 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sciodaphyllum P.Browne nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Heptapleurum Gaertn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aralia sect. Paratropia Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paratropia (Blume) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Brassaia Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plerandra A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Didymopanax Decne. & Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agalma Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aralia sect. Sciodaphyllum (P.Browne) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nesopanax Seem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heptopleurum F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Dizygotheca N.E.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sciadophyllum Harms orth. var.

• APC Dist.: ChI (native and naturalised), NT, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Earp, C. (2013), The date of publication of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum revisited. New Zealand Journal of Botany 51(4): 252-263 [secondary reference]

• Comment: The author asserts that the 1775 editions of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum are not effectively published and that effective publication occurred only with the 1776 quarto edition. Proposals to conserve genera and to suppress other editions are also mooted. The 1775 publication date is maintained here until the outcome of these proposals is known.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A taxon from the Pacific previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Heptapleurum Gaertn.

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