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Araliaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Araliaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Ginseng Family.

Key to Araliaceae

A family of about 40-47 genera and about 1900 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, mainly tropical in distribution (Plunkett et al. 2018b). Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae than to Apiaceae, and is transferred here (Nicolas & Plunkett 2009; Chandler & Plunkett 2003).

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References: Frodin & Govaerts (2003); Graham (1966); Haines (2020a); Plunkett et al. (2018b) In Kadereit & Bittrich (2018); Smith (1944); Wen (2024a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024); Zuo, Wen, & Zhou (2017). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Araliaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Aralia CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Araliaceae© Keith Bradley | Hydrocotyle | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Araliaceae© Alan M. Cressler | Panax quinquefolius | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Araliaceae© ShroomJunk, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ShroomJunk | Hedera source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Araliaceae© Scott Ward | Aralia
image #6 of Araliaceae© Rochelle Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rochelle Davis | Kalopanax source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Araliaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Hydrocotyle | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Araliaceae© Paul Marcum | Fatsia japonica source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Araliaceae© Alan Weakley | Fatsia japonica source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Araliaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Nanopanax CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #11 of Araliaceae© Andrew Conboy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrew Conboy | Kalopanax source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image #12 of Araliaceae© Brandon Corder | Tetrapanax papyrifer source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Araliaceae© Jennifer Ackerfield | Hedera | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Araliaceae© Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe MDO | Heptapleurum actinophyllum source | Original Image ⭷

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