Schefflera digitata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Schefflera

At a glance

Occurrence records9 184

Data sources11

Biological traits37

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Schefflera digitata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 184 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗

foodatlascompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources37 traits

Chemical compositionFooDB · FoodAtlas · LOTUS96 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF9 184 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 24

01Narrative

Schefflera digitata é uma árvore que pertence a família Araliaceae endêmica a Nova Zelândia. O nome Māori da planta é Patē ou Patatē. Ela aparece em planícies a florestas de com pequenas montanhas, do nível do mar a altitude de 1200 m na Ilha Norte, Ilha Sul, e Ilha Stewart.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology13

Fruit length4 mm

Leaf length max160 mm

Plant height3.48 m

Plant height max8 m

Seed length2.3 mm

Seed length max2.3 mm

Seed length min2.3 mm

Seed mass1.78 mg

Seed mass max14.51 mg

Seed mass min0 mg

Seed volume4 mm³

Seed volume max4 mm³

Seed volume min4 mm³

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years24 years

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproduction asexualabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTLowland

Mycorrhiza typearbuscular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry8

Leaf C:N ratio15.09 g/g

Leaf c475 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)239 mg/g

Leaf n28.54 mg/g

Leaf p1.64 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)18.22 mm²/mg

Wood density416 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition96 compounds

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

🍽 Used in cookingDishes

Compound class profile5 classes

Aminoacids71

Unsaturated fatty acids20

Branched fatty acids $ Unsaturated fatty acids17

Pyridine alkaloids16

Prenol lipids14

Documented compounds96 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
Cholesterol	127,000 mg/100 g	FooDB
Retinol	15,000 IU	FooDB
Elaidic acid	8,600 mg/100g	FooDB
(Z,Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid	2,400 mg/100g	FooDB
Nitrogen	2,100 mg/100 g	FooDB

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

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 Schefflera digitata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes3

eDNA detections5

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Schefflera digitata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records24–242n range24median24mode3records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 243×CCDB · new-zealand · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · new-zealand

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Beuzenberg, E. J. 1983. Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora - 24 Coprosma (Rubiaceae). New Zealand J. Bot. 21: 9–12.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Hattenbury. 1957

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 184 records

Wild obs. + sensor8 505

Museum / vouchered678

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 496 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 6 476≤1 km 820≤10 km 220>10 km 55

7 571 georeferenced · 934 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8 505

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 accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 7≤10 km 10>10 km 2

25 georeferenced · 653 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence678

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

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

Holding institutions12 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Auckland, NZ	116
Christchurch, NZ	93
Wellington, NZ	74
Rotorua, NZ	16
Palmerston North, NZ	10
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	3
Hobart, AU	3
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record	3
Xiamen, CN	2
Mount Annan, AU	2
Edinburgh, GB	2
Kew, GB	1
Chicago, US	1
Armidale, AU	1
ASUlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 328 of 678 vouchered records shown · 350 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Schefflera digitata 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 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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Schefflera digitata

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry8

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds96 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type9 184 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 15 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type9 184 records