''Merrilliopanax'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the family
Araliaceae, comprising 3 species of the subgenus ''
Airampora''. They are found in western
China
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,
Myanmar
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, northeast
India,
Bhutan, and
Nepal.
The genus name of ''Merrilliopanax'' is in honour of
Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and
taxonomist, and also ''panax'' meaning "all-healing" in Greek.
The genus was first described and published in Sargentia Vol.2 on page 62 in 1942.
References
Araliaceae
Apiales genera
Plants described in 1942
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