Schima

The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands.

There are about 20 species, including six species endemic to China.[1]

Fossil fruits of Schima have been described as †Schima nanlinensis, from the Miocene of Nanlin Formation in Longchuan Basin, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The fossil fruits are 5-loculed capsules with reniform flat seeds.

The genus Schima is known as fossils from the Palaeogene and Neogene of Germany and Austria. †Schima nanlinensis represents the first fossil record of the genus in Asia.[2]

Species (accepted)
Schima brevipedicellata Hung T. Chang
Schima crenata Korth.
Schima khasiana Dyer
Schima multibracteata Hung T. Chang
Schima noronhae Reinw.
Schima parviflora W.C. Cheng & Hung T. Chang
Schima remotiserrata Hung T. Chang
Schima sericans (Hand.-Mazz.) T.L. Ming
Schima sericans var. paracrenata (Hung T. Chang) T.L. Ming
Schima sinensis (Hemsl. & E.H. Wilson) Airy Shaw
Schima superba Gardner & Champ.
Schima villosa Hu
Schima wallichii Choisy