Contains 7 genera and 15 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
ARALIACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
APIALES
ARALIACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aralia | SPIKENARD | 1 | ||
| Eleutherococcus | ELEUTHEROCOCCUS | 1 | ||
| Hedera | IVY | 2 | ||
| Heptapleurum | SCHEFFLERA | 2 | ||
| Hydrocotyle | MARSHPENNYWORT | 7 | ||
| Polyscias | ARALIA | 1 | ||
| Tetrapanax | TETRAPANAX | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Leaves simple
2
1. Leaves compound
4
2. Erect shrub to 3.5 m tall; leaf blade 10-50(70) cm long and wide
2. Vine or herb; leaf blade 0.5-12 cm long or wide
3
3. Vines, the stems mostly above-ground and often with copious roots, the roots thickened and arising at nodes or internodes, the inflorescence terminal; leaves with stellate or scale-like trichomes
3. Rhizomatous or stoloniferous herbs, the stems below-ground or above-ground, the roots delicate and concentrated at the nodes, the inflorescence arising from the nodes of the horizontal stem; leaves glabrous or with simple hairs
4. Leaves palmately compound or trifoliolate
5
4. Leaves pinnately to tripinnately compound
6
5. Scandent or sprawling shrub; stems and petiole with prickles; leaves 3-foliolate
5. Erect tree or hemiepiphyte; stems and petioles without prickles; leaves 5- to 7-foliolate, at least on mature plants
6. Stem armed with prickles; leaves 2- to 3-pinnately compound
6. Stem unarmed; leaves pinnately compound