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Araliaceae
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The Araliaceae is known as the Aralia or Ivy family. The genus Hydrocotyle used to belong to the family Apiaceae, but is now classified in this family (Plunkett, Soltis & Soltis 1997).
Genera
The following lists all the genera in the family Araliaceae:
- Anakasia
- Apiopetalum
- Aralia
- Arthrophyllum
- Astrotricha
- Boninofatsia
- Brassaiopsis
- Cephalaralia
- Cheirodendron
- Cromapanax
- Cuphocarpus
- Cussonia
- Delarbrea
- Dendropanax
- Eleutherococcus - Eleuthero (E. senticosus)
- Fatsia
- Gamblea
- Gastonia
- Harmsiopanax
- Hedera - Ivy (H. helix)
- Heteropanax
- Hunaniopanax
- Hydrocotyle
- Kalopanax
- Mackinlaya
- Macropanax
- Megalopanax
- Merrilliopanax
- Meryta
- Motherwellia
- Munroiodendron
- Myodocarpus
- Oplopanax - Devil's club (O. horridum)
- Oreopanax
- Osmoxylon
- Panax - Ginseng (P. ginseng), American ginseng (P. quinquefolium)
- Pentapanax
- Polyscias
- Pseudopanax
- Pseudosciadium
- Reynoldsia
- Schefflera
- Sciadodendrom
- Seemannaralia
- Sinopanax
- Stilbocarpa
- Tetrapanax
- Tetraplasandra
- Trevesia
- Woodburnia
Reference
- Plunkett, G.M., Soltis, D.E. & Soltis, P.S. 1997. Clarification of the relationship between Apiaceae and Araliaceae based on MATK and RBCL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 84: 565-580.
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