Araliaceae
This list of genera was made in July 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Esser (2021), Li & Wen (2016), Lowry & Plunkett (2010, 2020), Nicolas & Plunkett (2009), Pierre & Shepherd (2009), Plunkett et al. 2004, 2019 and 2021, and Wen et al. 2001. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthopanax (Decaisne & Planchon) Witte | Eleutherococcus Maxim. | |
| Aralia L. | Pentapanax Seem. | |
| Arthrophyllum Blume | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Astropanax Seem. (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Astrotricha DC. | ||
| Boerlagiodendron Harms | Osmoxylon Miq. | |
| Brassaiopsis Decne. & Planch. | ||
| Cephalaralia Harms | ||
| Cheirodendron Nutt. ex Seem. | ||
| Chengiopanax C.B.Shang & J.Y.Huang (prev. under Acanthopanax (Decne. & Planch.) Witte) | ||
| Crepinella Marchal (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Cussonia Thunb. | ||
| Dendropanax Decne. & Planch. | ||
| Didiscus DC. | Trachymene Rudge | |
| Didymopanax Decne. & Planch. (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Dizygotheca N.E.Br. | Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Eleutherococcus Maxim. | Acanthopanax (Decaisne & Planchon) Witte | |
| Fatsia Decne. & Planch. | ||
| Frodinia Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Gamblea C.B.Clarke | ||
| Gastonia Comm. ex Lam. | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Harmsiopanax Warb. | ||
| Hedera L. | ||
| Heptapleurum Gaertn. (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Heteropanax Seem. | ||
| Hydrocotyle Tourn. ex L. | ||
| Kalopanax Miq. | ||
| Macropanax Miq. | ||
| Merrilliopanax H.L.Li | ||
| Meryta J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | ||
| Munroidendron Sherff | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Neocussonia Hutch. (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Neopanax Allan | Pseudopanax K. Koch | |
| Nothopanax Miq. | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Oplopanax (Torr. & A.Gray) Miq. | ||
| Oreopanax Decne. & Planch. | ||
| Osmoxylon Miq. | Boerlagiodendron Harms | |
| Panax L. | ||
| Pentapanax Seem. | Aralia L. | |
| Plerandra A.Gray | ||
| Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | Arthrophyllum Blume, Gastonia Comm. ex Lam., Munroidendron Sherff, Nothopanax Miq., Pterotropia Hillebr., Reynoldsia A. Gray, Tetraplasandra A.Gray | |
| Pseudopanax K.Koch | Neopanax Allan | |
| Pterotropia Hillebr. | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Raukaua Seem. | ||
| Reynoldsia A.Gray | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | Dizygotheca N.E.Br. | |
| Sciodaphyllum P.Browne (prev. under Schefflera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Seemannaralia R.Vig. | ||
| Tetrapanax (K.Koch) K.Koch | ||
| Tetraplasandra A.Gray | Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | |
| Trachymene Rudge | Didiscus DC. | |
| Trevesia Vis. |
References
- Esser, H.-J. (2021). Schefflera (Araliaceae) in Thailand becomes Heptapleurum. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), 49, 1, 151-154. https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2021.49.1.19
- Li, R., Wen, J. (2016). Phylogeny and diversification of Chinese Araliaceae based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data. Journal of Sytematics Evolution, 54, 453-467. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12196
- Lowry, P.P. II., Plunkett, G.M. (2010). Recircumscription of Polyscias (Araliaceae) to include six related genera, with a new infrageneric classification and a synopsis of species. Plant Diversity and Evolution, 128, 55-84. http://doi.org/10.1127/1869-6155/2010/0128-0003
- Lowry, P.P. II., Plunkett, G.M. (2020). Resurrection of the Genus Heptapleurum for the Asian Clade of Species Previously Included in Schefflera (Araliaceae). Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 28, 3,143-170.https://doi.org/10.3417/2020612
- Nicolas, A.N., Plunkett, G.M. (2009). The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53, 1, 134-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010
- Perrie, L.R., Shepherd, L.D. (2009). Reconstructing the species phylogeny of Pseudopanax (Araliaceae), a genus of hybridising trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52, 3, 774-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.030
- Plunkett, G. M., Wen, J., Lowry, P. P. (2004). Infrafamilial classifications and characters in Araliaceae: Insights from the phylogenetic analysis of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (trnL-trnF) sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 245, ½, 1–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23645294
- Plunkett, G.M., Lowry, P.P., II, Fiaschi, P., Frodin, D.G., Nicolas, A.N. (2019). Phylogeny, biogeography, and morphological evolution among and within the Neotropical and Asian clades of Schefflera (Araliaceae). Taxon, 68, 1278-1313. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12177
- Plunkett, G.M., Lowry, P.P., Neill, D.A. (2021). Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. VII. Two new genera, Cephalopanax and Frodinia, to accommodate the remaining species of Neotropical Schefflera. Brittonia, 73, 251–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-021-09660-1
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Wen, J., Plunkett, G.M., Mitchell, A.D., Wagstaff, S.J. (2001). The Evolution of Araliaceae: A Phylogenetic Analysis Based on ITS Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA. Systematic Botany, 26, 144-167. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2666661
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