Aralioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants contains around 50 recognized

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

. These include the genus ''

Panax The ''Panax'' (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae (ivy) Family (biology), family. ''Panax'' species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. ''Panax'' is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct ...

'', to which

ginseng Ginseng () is the root of plants in the genus ''Panax'', such as South China ginseng (''Panax notoginseng, P. notoginseng''), Korean ginseng (''Panax ginseng, P. ginseng''), and American ginseng (''American ginseng, P. quinquefol ...

belongs. Other notable species are the Angelica-tree (devil's walking-stick, ''Aralia spinosa''), the

devil's club Devil's club, Devil's walking stick or S’áxt’ (''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 isla ...

(''Oplopanax horridus''), or

common ivy ''Hedera helix'', the common ivy, European ivy, King's Choice ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Araliaceae. It is native plant, native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging ...

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

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

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

monophyly In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent comm ...

of each

taxon In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...

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

* ''

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 ...

'' * ''

Mackinlaya ''Mackinlaya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Malesia, Papuasia and Australia. It was formerly placed in Araliaceae. Species The following five species are accepted by Plants of the World Online Plants of th ...

'' * '' Pseudosciadium''

Aralieae

* ''

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 oc ...

'' * '' Arthrophyllum'' * '' 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 ...

'' * '' Munroidendron'' * ''

'' * '' Pentapanax'' * ''

Polyscias ''Polyscias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They bear pinnately compound leaves. In 2003, a checklist and nomenclator was published for Araliaceae.David G. Frodin and Rafaël Govaerts. 2003. ''World Checklist and Bibl ...

'' * ''

Pseudopanax ''Pseudopanax'' (Latin for "false ginseng") is a genus of seven species of evergreen plants that are endemic to New Zealand. Flowers of the genus occur in terminal umbels. Taxonomy A 2000 molecular study established that several species within ...

'' * '' Reynoldsia'' * '' Sciadodendron'' * '' Tetraplasandra''

Schefflerieae

* ''

Astropanax ''Astropanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Tropical Africa, Madagascar, and other Indian Ocean islands. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera ''Schefflera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ar ...

'' * '' Brassaiopsis'' * ''

Crepinella ''Crepinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to tropical South America. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera ''Schefflera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to Ne ...

'' * ''

Dendropanax ''Dendropanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of 92 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, first described by Joseph Decaisne & Jules Émile Planchon in 1854.Decaisne, J. & Planchon, J.E. (1854) Rev. Hort. ar ...

'' * ''

Didymopanax ''Didymopanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera'' in 2020. Species The following species are accepted: * ...

'' * ''

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 come ...

'' * × ''Fatshedera'' * ''

Fatsia ''Fatsia'' is a small genus of three species of evergreen shrubs in the family Araliaceae native to southern Japan and Taiwan. They typically have stout, sparsely branched stems bearing spirally-arranged, large leathery, palmately lobed leaves 20 ...

'' * '' Frodinia'' * ''

Gamblea ''Gamblea'' is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising four species. It originally comprised a single species, ''Gamblea ciliata'', which is found in India. The genus's native range stretches from the Himalaya to Japan and Sumater ...

'' * ''

Hedera ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern ...

'' * ''

Heptapleurum ''Heptapleurum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, Japan, and Australia. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera ' ...

'' * '' Heteropanax'' * ''

Kalopanax ''Kalopanax septemlobus'', common names castor aralia, tree aralia, and prickly castor oil tree, is a deciduous tree in the family Araliaceae, the sole species in the genus ''Kalopanax''. It is native to northeastern Asia, from Sakhalin and Japa ...

'' * ''

Macropanax ''Macropanax'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising 20 species. They are distributed from Central China to Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan and to western Malaysia. Species include: *''Macropanax baviensis'' *''Macropanax ...

'' * ''

Metapanax ''Metapanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising two species. They are endemic to central and southern China and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the e ...

'' * '' Oplopanax'' * ''

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 ...

'' * ''

Schefflera ''Schefflera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands. The genus is named in honor of , physician and botanist of Gdańsk, and later of Warsaw, who contributed plan ...

'' * ''

Sciodaphyllum ''Sciodaphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera'' in 2020. Species The following species are accepted: *'' Sci ...

'' * '' Sinopanax'' * ''

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

'' * ''

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'' – 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 ''Cussonia'' is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, which is native to the Afrotropics. It originated in Africa and has its center of distribution in South Africa and the Mascarene Islands. Due to their striking habit, they are a conspi ...

'' – 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'' * ''

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 ''Raukaua'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. It has an austral distribution, being indigenous to southern Argentina and Chile, as well as New Zealand and the island of Tasmania.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Pla ...

'' – basal? * '' Seemannaralia'' * '' Woodburnia''

References

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