Schaefferia
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). 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
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Desert Yaupon
speciesSchaefferia cuneifolia
Florida Boxwood
speciesSchaefferia frutescens
Schaefferia argentinensis
speciesSchaefferia argentinensis
Schaefferia pilosa
speciesSchaefferia pilosa
Schaefferia stenophylla
speciesSchaefferia stenophylla
Schaefferia ephedroides
speciesSchaefferia ephedroides
Schaefferia shrevei
speciesSchaefferia shrevei
Schaefferia lottiae
speciesSchaefferia lottiae
Schaefferia ovatifolia
speciesSchaefferia ovatifolia
Schaefferia oaxacana
speciesSchaefferia oaxacana
Where it lives
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