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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Schaefferia
|accepted_authority=Jacquin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|place=10, 33. 1760
|year=1760
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Schaefferia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Schaefferia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Jacob Christian Schaeffer, 1718–1790, German botanist, zoologist, theologian, and clergyman
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 112
|treatment_page=page 131
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, dioecious. <b>Branchlets</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate or fascicled; stipules absent; petiole present or absent; blade margins entire; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, fascicles or flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 4, distinct; petals 4, greenish white to white; nectary rudimentary or absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 4; staminodes 0; pistillode present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes 0; pistil 2-carpellate; ovary superior, 2-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 2; ovule 1 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> drupes, 2-locular, subglobose, apex not beaked. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per locule, oblong, not winged; aril absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=sc;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 5–15 (2 in the flora).</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs, 1–2 m; twigs ± spinescent; short shoots present; leaves 5–23 × 2–15 mm; fruiting pedicels 0–2 mm.
|[[Schaefferia cuneifolia|Schaefferia cuneifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Trees, to 12 m; twigs not spinescent; short shoots absent; leaves 40–60 × 15–30 mm; fruiting pedicels 4–6 mm.
|[[Schaefferia frutescens|Schaefferia frutescens]]
|}
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name=Schaefferia
|author=Jinshuang Ma
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|distribution=sc;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|publication year=1760
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_349.xml
|genus=Schaefferia
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