Biology:Polyscias balfouriana
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Polyscias balfouriana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Polyscias |
| Species: | P. balfouriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyscias balfouriana (André) L.H.Bailey
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aralia balfouriana André | |
Polyscias balfouriana, known as Balfour aralia or dinner plate aralia, is a species in the family Araliaceae.[2] The species is native from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia.[3]
It is a bushy shrub. Leaves are alternate and have long petioles. Flowers are white with 5 petals.[4]
The specific epithet honors John Hutton Balfour.[2] The species is often grown in cultivation as an ornamental.[5]
References
- ↑ "Polyscias balfouriana (André) L.H.Bailey" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3035891.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Polyscias balfouriana". E-Flora of Gandhinagar. https://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/plant-details.php?cateUrl=shrub&plantUrl=polyscias-balfouriana.
- ↑ "Polyscias balfouriana (André) L.H.Bailey | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:91734-1.
- ↑ "Details of Polyscias balfouriana". Kwantlan Polytechnic University. https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantDetail/1190.
- ↑ "Polyscias balfouriana (Aralia Balfour, Balfour Polyscias, Dinner Plate Aralia) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/polyscias-balfouriana/.
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