Aralioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants contains around 50 recognized

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. These include the genus '' Panax'', to which ginseng belongs. Other notable species are the Angelica-tree (devil's walking-stick, ''Aralia spinosa''), the

devil's club Devil's club or devil's walking stick (''Oplopanax horridus'', Araliaceae; syn. ''Echinopanax horridus'', ''Fatsia horrida'') is a large understory shrub native to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, but also disjunct on islands in Lake S ...

(''Oplopanax horridus''), or

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(''Hedera helix''). They are traditionally divided into a number of

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s. More recently it has turned out that the Aralieae and Schefflerieae were not accurately delimited. However, with moving some genera around,

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of each

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can probably be achieved. Splitting the Panaceae from the Aralieae is rejected by the current state of knowledge, and whether the Schefflerieae can be accurately subdivided into the Plerandreae and Tetraplasandreae is at least highly doubtful. The Mackinlayeae seem to form a smaller and more basal lineage, but many other genera still await study.

Mackinlayeae

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Apiopetalum ''Apiopetalum'' is a genus of plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 2 species. They are small trees, reaching 6 m in height, and have simple leaves. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. Its closest relative is the Australian ''Actinotus ...

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Mackinlaya ''Mackinlaya'' is a genus of the flowering plant family Apiaceae (formerly placed in Araliaceae). Five species are known to science, growing naturally in Queensland, Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Sulawesi a ...

'' *'' Pseudosciadium''

Aralieae

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Aralia ''Aralia'' , or spikenard, is a genus of the family Araliaceae, consisting of 68 accepted species of deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and rhizomatous herbaceous perennials. The genus is native to Asia and the Americas, with most species occu ...

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Arthrophyllum ''Arthrophyllum'' is a defunct genus of plants in the family Araliaceae.Gregory M. Plunkett, Jun Wen, Porter P. Lowry II, Murray J. Henwood, Pedro Fiaschi, and Anthony D. Mitchell. accepted, undated. Araliaceae, pages ??. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor ...

'' *'' Cuphocarpus'' *'' Gastonia'' *''

Meryta ''Meryta'' is a genus in the flowering plant family Araliaceae. There are 28 described species in the genus and a number of undescribed species, all small, resinous trees of the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean, characterized by huge, simp ...

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Munroidendron ''Polyscias racemosa'', or false 'ohe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. As ''Munroidendron racemosum'', the species was until recently considered to be the only species in the monotypic genus ''Munroidendron''. With the c ...

'' *'' Panax'' *'' Pentapanax'' *'' Polyscias'' *'' Pseudopanax'' *'' Reynoldsia'' *'' Sciadodendron'' *''

Tetraplasandra ''Tetraplasandra'' is a no longer recognised genus of plants in the ivy family, Araliaceae. They are small to medium trees, (rarely shrubs or large trees) of mesic to wet forests.Porter P. Lowry II. 1990. "Araliaceae", pages 224-237. In: Warren L ...

Schefflerieae

*'' Brassaiopsis'' *'' Dendropanax'' *''

Eleutherococcus ''Eleutherococcus'' is a genus of 38 species,p.40, citing Frodin, Govaerts 2003 of thorny shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae. They are native to eastern Asia, from southeast Siberia and Japan to the Philippines and Vietnam. 18 species co ...

'' * × ''Fatshedera'' *'' Fatsia'' *'' Gamblea'' *'' Hedera'' *'' Heteropanax'' *'' Kalopanax'' *'' Macropanax'' *''

Metapanax ''Metapanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising 2 species. They are endemic to southern China and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n ...

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Oplopanax ''Oplopanax'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araliaceae, consisting of three species of deciduous shrubs, native to western North America and northeastern Asia. ''Oplopanax'' is closely related to the Asian g ...

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Oreopanax ''Oreopanax'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae, comprising circa 85 species native to the Americas. Distribution ''Oreopanax'' species' range extends from Mexico and the Antilles to Argentina and Brazil, with most species ...

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Schefflera ''Schefflera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. With an estimated 600–900 species, the genus represents about half of its family. The plants are trees, shrubs or lianas, growing tall, with woody stems, the absence of ...

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Sinopanax ''Sinopanax formosanus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only species in the genus ''Sinopanax''. It is endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ...

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Tetrapanax ''Tetrapanax papyrifer'', the rice-paper plant (''通草—tong cao''), is an evergreen shrub in the family Araliaceae, the sole species in the genus ''Tetrapanax''. The specific epithet is frequently misspelled as "papyriferum", "papyriferus", ...

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Trevesia ''Trevesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They are native to Southeast Asia. They are trees with spiny trunks. They grow in evergreen forest habitat. The genus is characterized by palmately lobed leaves, pedicels lacki ...

'' *'' Tupidanthus''

Placement unresolved

*'' Anakasia'' *''

Astrotricha ''Astrotricha'' are shrubs of the family Araliaceae. There are approximately 20 species: *''Astrotricha asperifolia'' F.Muell. ex Klatt *'' Astrotricha biddulphiana'' F.Muell. *'' Astrotricha brachyandra'' A.R.Bean *'' Astrotricha cordata '' ...

'' – basal? *'' Cephalaralia'' – basal? *''

Cheirodendron ''Cheirodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. All six species in the genus are endemic to Polynesia. The five Hawaiian species are generally called ''ōlapa'', and occur in wet forests on all major islands as well as ...

'' – basal? *'' Cussonia'' – basal? *''

Harmsiopanax ''Harmsiopanax'' is a genus of woody, monocarpic flowering plants of a palmlike habit belonging to the family Araliaceae. It comprises 3 species, of which the most important is the gigantic ''Harmsiopanax ingens''. The genus name of ''Harmsiopan ...

'' *'' Megalopanax'' *'' Merrilliopanax'' *''

Motherwellia ''Motherwellia haplosciadea'' is a species of vines, constituting part of the plant family Araliaceae. This species is the only one known in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of liv ...

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Osmoxylon ''Osmoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. Species The genus has 60 species, which include: *'' Osmoxylon arrhenicum'' *'' Osmoxylon articulatum'' *'' Osmoxylon barbatum'' *'' Osmoxylon boerlagei'' *'' Osmoxylon born ...

'' – basal? *'' Raukaua'' – basal? *''

Seemannaralia ''Seemannaralia gerrardii'', commonly known as the wild-maple or mock carrot tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is the sole member of genus ''Seemannaralia'', and is endemic (ecology), endemic to South Africa, wher ...

'' *'' Stilbocarpa'' – basal? Possibly belongs into Apiaceae *''

Woodburnia ''Woodburnia penduliflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only representative of the genus ''Woodburnia''. It is endemic to Burma and was first described from the Kachin State in 1903. The genus was named after ...

References

Crescent Bloom Plants. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
Araliaceae Asterid subfamilies {{Araliaceae-stub