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Schefflera digitata (Schefflera)

Synonyms: Aralia schefflera (homotypic); Schefflera cunninghamii

Wikipedia Abstract

Schefflera digitata, Patē or Seven-finger, is a tree endemic to New Zealand belonging to the family Araliaceae. The Māori name is Patē or Patatē. It occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from sea level to 1200 m in the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island, covering a latitudinal range from 34°S to 47°S. It prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. It is the only New Zealand representative of the genus Schefflera which has 200 species of shrubs and small trees in the tropics and subtropics.
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Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Tree

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1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
4Distribution and diet of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in Westland forests, South Island, New Zealand, Ivor J. Yockney and Graham J. Hickling, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2000) 24(1): 31-38
5Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed-beech (Nothofagus) forest, C. Hamish Cochrane, David A. Norton, Craig J. Miller and Robert B. Allen, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(1): 61-65
6FLESHY FRUITS OF INDIGENOUS AND ADVENTIVE PLANTS IN THE DIET OF BIRDS IN FOREST REMNANTS, NELSON, NEW ZEALAND, PETER A. WILLIAMS and BRIAN J. KARL, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1996) 20(2): 127-145
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0