Heptapleurum taiwanianum

(Nakai) G.M.Plunkett & Lowry · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Heptapleurum

At a glance

Occurrence records378

Data sources8

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Heptapleurum taiwanianum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility378 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS32 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF378 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Schefflera taiwaniana (台湾鹅掌柴) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to Taiwan, where it is scattered throughout coniferous forests at 2000-3000 m. Growing to 4 m tall by 2.5 m broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Large leaves up to 15 cm long are composed of up to 11 ovate leaflets arranged radially around a central stalk (palmately compound). Young leaves are covered in silver hairs, while mature leaves have a smooth surface. Sprays of flowers in late summer are followed by dark berries in winter - a valued food source for insects and birds. Related to the ivies (Hedera), Schefflera taiwaniana is one of several species in the hugely varied genus Schefflera (umbrella plants) that are grown ornamentally for their handsome foliage. Once mature it is hardy down to -10 C, though young plants may require some frost protection. It benefits from being planted in a sheltered spot with other plants to provide enough humidity. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology13

Fruit length6 mm

Fruit length max7 mm

Fruit length min5 mm

Fruit width6 mm

Fruit width max7 mm

Fruit width min5 mm

Inflorescence length max30 cm

Inflorescence length min20 cm

Leaf length125 mm

Leaf length max150 mm

Leaf length min100 mm

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min25 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 850 m

Elevation mean2 425 m

Elevation min2 000 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition32 compounds

Compounds documented for Heptapleurum taiwanianum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Stigmastane steroids5

Cholestane steroids4

Prenyl quinone meroterpenoids3

Lupane triterpenoids2

Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids2

Documented compounds32 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-gamma-Tocopherol	present	LOTUS
(1S,4R,4aS,8aS)-4,8a-dimethyl-6-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4a,5,8-hexahydronaphthalene-1,4-diol	present	LOTUS
(2R,4S,5'S,6S,7S,10S,12S)-5',12,17-trihydroxy-6-methylspiro[3,8-dioxahexacyclo[11.8.0.02,4.02,10.06,10.014,19]henicosa-1(13),14(19),15,17-tetraene-7,4'-oxolane]-2',20-dione	present	NPASS
(2S)-2,7,8-trimethyl-2-[(4S,8S)-4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl]-3,4-dihydrochromen-6-ol	present	LOTUS
(3S,8R)-heptadeca-1,9-dien-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol	present	LOTUS
(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5S)-5-hydroperoxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	NPASS
(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(E,2R)-7-hydroperoxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	NPASS
(6R,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5S)-5-hydroperoxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl]-6-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	present	NPASS
(6R,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-6-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	present	NPASS
(8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Heptapleurum taiwanianum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

07Deep time~18.1 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin18.1 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type378 records

Wild obs. + sensor377

Museum / vouchered1

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO284 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 195≤1 km 45≤10 km 16>10 km 6

262 georeferenced · 115 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor377

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
TAIElocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Heptapleurum taiwanianum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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