Heteropanax

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Heteropanax
Species: H. balansanus – H. bokorensis – H. brevipedicellatus – H. chinensis – H. dhruvii – H. fragrans – H. hainanensis – H. nitentifolius – H. phanrangensis – H. subcordatus – H. yunnanensis
Name

Heteropanax Seem., Fl. Vit.: 114 (1866)

Type species: Heteropanax fragrans (Roxb.) Seem., Fl. Vit.: 114 (1866)

References

Seemann, B.C. 1866. Flora Vitiensis 114.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Heteropanax in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 June 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Heteropanax. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Heteropanax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 June 29.

Heteropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They are native to Asia.

These plants are evergreen shrubs or trees. They are andromonoecious, producing bisexual and male flowers. They have compound leaves made up of a few leaflets. The inflorescence is a panicle of umbels, an array of several clusters of bisexual flowers with a few clusters of male flowers along the sides. Each has five petals. The fruit is a flattened drupe.[1]

There are about ten species. Two are endemic to China.[1]

Species include:

Heteropanax balanseanus
Heteropanax brevipedicellatus
Heteropanax chinensis
H. chinensis var. chinensis
H. chinensis var. longipedicellata
Heteropanax dhruvii[2]
Heteropanax fragrans
H. fragrans var. attenuatus
H. fragrans var. subcordatus
Heteropanax hainanensis
Heteropanax nitentifolius
Heteropanax phanrangensis
Heteropanax yunnanensis

References

Heteropanax. Flora of China.
Srivastava, R. C., Singh, R. K., & Mukherjee, T. K. (2010). Bioculturally important rare new plant species of Heteropanax Seems (Araliaceae) from Eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 9(2), 242-244.