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Schefflera is a genus of about 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands; the plants grown as houseplants are mainly Schefflera actinophylla (umbrella tree) and Schefflera arboricola (dwarf umbrella tree). Grow them bright and warm with moderate watering.
Schefflera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands.
The genus is named in honor of Johann Peter Ernst von Scheffler, physician and botanist of Gdańsk, and later of Warsaw, who contributed plants to Gottfried Reyger for Reyger's book, Tentamen Florae Gedanensis.
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