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ARALIACEAE GINSENG FAMILY

Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock, except as noted


Perennial, shrub, tree, woody vine; juvenile, flowering plants generally unlike.
Stem: generally branched.
Leaf: simple or compound, generally alternate; stipules ± fused to ± sheathing, petiole base or 0.
Inflorescence: umbels 1 to panicled; bracts deciduous or not.
Flower: generally bisexual, generally radial, generally < 5 mm; sepals generally 5, fused at base, inconspicuous, persistent; petals generally 5, free, ± white to green, deciduous; stamens generally 5, generally alternate petals; ovary inferior, chambers 1–15, 1-ovuled, styles as many as chambers, free or fused, persistent.
Fruit: berry or drupe, occasionally flat, dry.
47 genera, 1350 species: especially tropics, subtrop; medicinal (e.g., Panax, ginseng; Aralia, sarsaparilla), ornamental (e.g., Aralia, Fatsia, Hedera, Polyscias). [Plunkett et al. 2004 Plant Syst Evol 245:1–39] —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Key to Araliaceae

1. Lvs pinnately compound ..... ARALIA

1' Lvs simple, entire to deeply lobed

2. Woody vine ..... HEDERA

2' Creeping or sprawling per ..... HYDROCOTYLE

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