Schaefferia (plant)

Schaefferia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The generic name honours German mycologist and clergyman Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718–1790).[2] Members of the genus are 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 they 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.[3]

Schaefferia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Schaefferia Jacq.[1]
Species
16 species (see text)

Species

Acevedo-Rodríguez reports 16 species in the genus.[3] Missouri Botanical Garden's TROPICOS database lists the following species:[4]

Schaefferia albiflora Sessé & Moc. Schaefferia angustifolia Urb. & Ekman Schaefferia argentinensis Speg. Schaefferia cuneifolia A.Gray – Desert yaupon[5] Schaefferia elliptica Lundell Schaefferia ephedroides Urb. Schaefferia frutescens Jacq. – Florida boxwood[5] Schaefferia lanceifolia Lundell

Schaefferia lottiae Lundell Schaefferia oaxacana Standl. Schaefferia ovatifolia Lundell Schaefferia pilosa Standl. Schaefferia serrata Loes. Schaefferia shrevei Lundell Schaefferia stenophylla Standl. Schaefferia viridescens DC.

Formerly placed here

• Drypetes lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urb. (as S. lateriflora Sw.)[6]

References

1. "Genus: Schaefferia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
2. Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 1030. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
3. Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (1996). Flora of St. John U.S. Virgin Islands. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 78. ISBN 0-89327-402-X.
4. "Schaefferia Jacq". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
5. "Schaefferia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
6. "GRIN Species Records of Schaefferia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-09-07.