
Aralioideae
The subfamily Aralioideae contains around 50 recognized genera. These include the genus Panax, to which ginseng belongs. Other notable species are the Angelica-tree (devil's walking-stick, Aralia spinosa), the devil's club (Oplopanax horridus), or common ivy (Hedera helix).
44 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

ivies
genusHedera

spikenards
genusAralia

umbrella trees
genusHeptapleurum

lancewoods and five fingers
genusPseudopanax

Polyscias
genusPolyscias

Devil's Clubs and Walking Sticks
genusOplopanax

Ginsengs
genusPanax

Fatsia
genusFatsia

South African cabbage trees
genusCussonia

Schefflera
genusSchefflera

Oreopanax
genusOreopanax

Eleutherococcus
genusEleutherococcus

Tetrapanax
genusTetrapanax
Raukaua
genusRaukaua

Astrotricha
genusAstrotricha

Kalopanax
genusKalopanax

Dendropanax
genusDendropanax
Osmoxylon
genusOsmoxylon

Meryta
genusMeryta

Didymopanax
genusDidymopanax

Sciodaphyllum
genusSciodaphyllum

Plerandra
genusPlerandra

Cheirodendron
genusCheirodendron

Trevesia
genusTrevesia

Cephalaralia
genusCephalaralia

Neocussonia
genusNeocussonia

Sinopanax
genusSinopanax

Heteropanax
genusHeteropanax

Brassaiopsis
genusBrassaiopsis

Chengiopanax
genusChengiopanax

Gamblea
genusGamblea

Seemannaralia
genusSeemannaralia

Metapanax
genusMetapanax

× Fatshedera
genushybrid× Fatshedera

Astropanax
genusAstropanax

Macropanax
genusMacropanax

Frodinia
genusFrodinia

Crepinella
genusCrepinella

Harmsiopanax
genusHarmsiopanax

Motherwellia
genusMotherwellia

Cephalopanax
genusCephalopanax
Merrilliopanax
genusMerrilliopanax
Anakasia
genusAnakasia
Woodburnia
genusWoodburnia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 525719.