*Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Endlicher) Lowry & G.M. Plunkett. Common name: Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree. Habitat: In a wide variety of disturbed sites, invasive in hammocks, pine rocklands, pine flatwoods. Distribution: Native of Australia, New Guinea, and Java.
Origin/Endemic status: Australia
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA13, Lowry & Plunkett (2020); Brassaia actinophylla Endl. = Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms — Fl7, K4, WH3. Basionym: Brassaia actinophylla Endl. 1839
Links to other floras: = Heptapleurum actinophyllum - FNA13
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