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Araliaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 217. 1789. nom. cons. 'Ginseng Family'
Araliaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 217. 1789. nom. cons. 'Ginseng Family'
Characteristic Features
Characteristic Features
Members are mostly tropical/ subtropical trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Leaves mostly palmately or pinnately compound, rarely simple and lobed.
Inflorescence heads, umbels, or with ultimate units being umbels.
Flowers small, with often reduced calyx, gamopetalous or polypetalous corolla.
Gynoecium 1- many carpellate, ovary inferior with apical axile ovules.
Diversity:
Diversity:
World- 40 genera, 1533 species (The Plant List 2013); 43 genera, 1650 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 38 genera, 1625 species (Mabberley 2017); 39 genera, 1432 species (CoL 2021)
India - 14 genera, 66 species (Karthikeyan et al. 2009); 15 genera, 74 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 12 genera, 44 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 9 genera, 13 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
General Characters:
Araliaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Araliaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Araliaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Asteranae, Order- Apiales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Calyciflorae
Orders : Umbellales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Umbelliflorae
Hutchinson (1973)
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Araliales
Cronquist (1988)
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order :Apiales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Aralianae
Order : Araliales
Takhtajan (2009)
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order : Cornanae
Order : Apiales
Reveal (2012)
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Asteranae
Order : Apiales
Suborder : Apiineae
APG-IV (2016)
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Clade : Campanulids
Order : Apiales
Shipunov (2020)
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order : Asteranae
Order : Araliales
Suborder : Araliineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar (to see larger images please click on the names):
Genera & Species in Pantnagar (to see larger images please click on the names):
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