Schaefferia

Taxobox
name = "Schaefferia"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Celastrales
familia = Celastraceae
genus = "Schaefferia"
genus_authority = Jacq.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 16 species (see text)

"Schaefferia" is a genus of shrubs and small trees found in the Neotropics. The plants are dioecious, with flowers that are unisexual by abortion. The flowers are usually clustered in the leaf axil, although the are solitary in some species. The calyx of the flowers has four lobes, and the corolla consists of four petals. The ovary consists of two locules; each locule has a single ovule which develops into a single seed. The fruit is a drupe. cite book | last = Acevedo-Rodríguez | first = Pedro | authorlink = Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = Flora of St. John U.S. Virgin Islands | origdate = | origyear = | origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | series = Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 78 | date = | year = 1996 | month = | publisher = | location = | language = | isbn = 089327402X | oclc = | doi = | id = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = | ref = ]

pecies

Acevedo-Rodríguez reports 16 species in the genus. Missouri Botanical Garden's W³TROPICOS database lists the following species:
* "Schaefferia albiflora" Sessé & Moc.
* "Schaefferia angustifolia" Urb. & Ekman
* "Schaefferia argentinensis" Speg.
* "Schaefferia cuneifolia" A. Gray
* "Schaefferia elliptica" Lundell
* "Schaefferia ephedroides" Urb.
* "Schaefferia frutescens" Jacq.
* "Schaefferia lanceifolia" Lundell
* "Schaefferia lottiae" Lundell
* "Schaefferia oaxacana" Standl.
* "Schaefferia ovatifolia" Lundell
* "Schaefferia pilosa" var. 213 Standl.
* "Schaefferia serrata" Loes.
* "Schaefferia shrevei" Lundell
* "Schaefferia stenophylla" Standl.
* "Schaefferia viridescens" DC.

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