Araliaceae

The araliaceae, family Araliaceae (1300 species, 50 genera), are a family of plants in the order apiales, which includes the ivy ( Hedera spp., particularly Hedera helix) and ginseng (Panax spp., native to Korea and for medicinal use).

Description

They are woody or rarely herbaceous plants, often lianas. Alternate leaves, simple or divided. Inconspicuous, regular flowers, generally bisexual, almost always pentamerous, with alternipetalous stamens and inferior gynoecium with 5 styles (definitive character of the family). umbellar inflorescences. Fruit berry or drupe. There are 49 genera and about 700 species originating from tropical and subtropical zones.

Genres

• Subfamily Aralioideae

• Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
  • Azorella
  • Centella
  • Hydrocotyle
  • Platysace
  • Xanthosia