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Araliaceae

Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Araliaceae Jussieu p. 217
1919Araliaceae Knowlton
2000Araliaceae Mabberley
2008Araliaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030
2016Araliaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Campanulids
orderApiales
familyAraliaceae
familyAraliaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Araliaceae Jussieu 1789
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G. Aralia Linnaeus 1753 [spikenard]
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†Aralia berberidifolia Lesquereux 1891
†Aralia brittoniana Berry 1903
Aralia chinensis Linnaeus 1753
†Aralia coloradensis Knowlton 1917
†Aralia concreta Lesquereux 1875
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Invalid names: Aralia semiorbiculata Lesquereux 1875 [synonym]
†Aralia coriacea Velenovsky 1884
†Aralia cottondalensis Berry 1919
†Aralia dakotana Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Aralia acerifolia Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
Aralia digitata Roxburgh 1814
†Aralia dissecta Lesquereux 1883
†Aralia eutawensis Berry 1914
†Aralia formosa Heer 1869
†Aralia gracilis Lesquereux 1871
†Aralia groenlandica Heer 1882
†Aralia jorgenseni Heer 1883
†Aralia lasseniana Lesquereux 1888
†Aralia looziana Saporta and Marion 1878
Aralia macrophylla Lindley 1844
†Aralia masoni Lesquereux 1891
†Aralia mattewanensis Berry 1903
†Aralia nassauensis Hollick 1894
†Aralia newberryi Berry 1907
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Invalid names: Aralia palmata Newberry 1895 [synonym]
†Aralia notata Lesquereux 1878
Aralia nudicaulis Linnaeus 1753
†Aralia patens Newberry 1895
†Aralia polymorpha Newberry 1895
†Aralia quinquepartita Lesquereux 1875
Aralia racemosa Linnaeus 1753
†Aralia radiata Lesquereux 1883
†Aralia ravniana Heer 1882
†Aralia rotundata Dawson 1885
†Aralia rotundiloba Newberry 1895
†Aralia saportana Lesquereux 1875
†Aralia serrata Knowlton 1917
†Aralia serrulata Knowlton 1899
Aralia spinosa Linnaeus 1753
†Aralia stratosa Zhu et al. 2015
†Aralia subemarginata Lesquereux 1883
†Aralia tenuinervis Lesquereux 1883
†Aralia towneri Lesquereux 1875
†Aralia triloba Newberry 1868
†Aralia veatchii Knowlton 1917
†Aralia vernonensis Fontaine 1905
†Aralia wardiana Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Aralia digitata Ward 1885 [replaced]
†Aralia washingtoniana Berry 1910
†Aralia wellingtoniana Lesquereux 1891
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Invalid names: Aralia concinna Newberry 1895 [synonym]
†Aralia westoni Dawson 1885
†Aralia wrightii Knowlton 1899
†Aralia zaddachi Heer 1869
G. †Araliacites Saporta 1865
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†Araliacites cordatus Saporta 1865
G. †Araliaecarpum Menzel 1913
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†Araliaecarpum tertiarium Menzel 1913
G. †Araliaephyllum Fontaine 1889
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†Araliaephyllum cachetamanense Menéndez 1959
†Araliaephyllum crassinerve Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Araliaephyllum acutilobum Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Araliaephyllum obtusilobum Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Araliaephyllum magnifolium Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Aceriphyllum aralioides Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Araliaephyllum aceroides Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Hederaephyllum angulatum Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Aralianthea Massalongo 1893
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†Aralianthea brongniarti Massalongo 1893
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Invalid names: Fucoides obtusus Brongniart 1828 [replaced]
G. †Aralinium Platen 1908
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†Aralinium excellens Platen 1908
†Aralinium lindgreni Platen 1907
†Aralinium multiradiatum Platen 1908
G. †Chondrophyllum Necker 1790
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†Chondrophyllum obovatum Newberry 1895
G. †Cussoniphyllum Velenovsky 1889
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†Cussoniphyllum partitum Velenovsky 1889
G. Hedera Linnaeus 1753 [ivy]
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†Hedera auriculata Heer 1869
†Hedera bruneri Ward 1885
†Hedera cecilensis Berry 1910
†Hedera cretacea Lesquereux 1891
†Hedera decurrens Lesquereux 1891
Hedera helix Linnaeus 1753
†Hedera macclurii Heer 1868
†Hedera marginata Lesquereux 1883
†Hedera microphylla Lesquereux 1891
†Hedera minima Ward 1885
†Hedera obliqua Newberry 1891
†Hedera orbiculata Heer 1874
†Hedera ovalis Lesquereux 1874
†Hedera parvula Ward 1885
†Hedera platanoidea Lesquereux 1874
†Hedera primordialis Saporta 1879
Hedera quinquefolia Linnaeus 1753
†Hedera rotundifolia Knowlton 1918
†Hedera schimperi Lesquereux 1875
†Hedera simplex Hollick 1906
G. Heteropanax Seemann 1866
G. †Humboldtia Thiergart and Frantz 1963
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†Humboldtia neyvelii Thiergart and Frantz 1963
G. Kalopanax Miquel 1863
G. Mackinlaya Mueller 1864
G. Oreopanax Decaisne and Planchon 1854
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†Oreopanax minor Berry 1916
†Oreopanax oxfordensis Berry 1916
G. †Paleoaraliaceaepites Biswas 1962
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G. Panax Linnaeus 1753 [ginseng]
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†Panax andrewsii Cockerell 1908
†Panax cretacea Heer 1906
Panax quinquefolium Linnaeus 1753
Panax trifolium Linnaeus 1753
G. Polyscias Forster and Forster 1775
G. Schefflera Forster and Forster 1775
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 106.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Aralia wellingtoniana (31384)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Araliaephyllum cachetamanense (153393)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Aralia newberryi (102722) Aralia polymorpha, Aralia ravniana (29018) Aralia ravniana (102992)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Araliaephyllum westoni (24892)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Aralia sp. (24840) Araliaephyllum westoni (24838 24839 24842)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Russian Federation Araliaephyllum dentatum (34627 34771 34800) Araliaephyllum medium (34792) Araliaephyllum sp. (34778)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5USA (Virginia) Aralia dubia, Platanophyllum crassinerve (106317)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Montana) Aralia wellingtonia, Araliaephyllum westonii (31171) Araliaephyllum westonii (29138)
Late/Upper Albian - Cretaceous106.3 - 66.0Antarctica Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus (32472 32473)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Araliaephyllum groenlandica (31901)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Aralia parvidens (32026) Araliaephyllum rotundiloba (32027 32031 35005) Hedera cretacea (31887)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Aralia veatchii (31187)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Araliaephyllum rotundiloba (32030)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Aralia veatchii (31382) Araliaephyllum artocarpoides (34971)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Aralia eutawensis (28321)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Hedera primordialis (211425) Hedera primorialis (212236)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus (150274)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Araliaephyllum polevoi (48218 48220 48222)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Aralia coloradensis (45729)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Aralia sp. (223817)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Meghalaya) Paleoaraliaceaepites indica (224747)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Oreopanax elongatum (24411 24415 24417)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Heteropanax sp. (225784)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Aralia sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Oreopanax elongatum (24419)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina Oreopanax guinazui (32201)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Oreopanax elongatum (21389)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Aralia notata (24091 24130 24137 24157 24198) Aralia notata, Aralia serrulata (24087) Aralia wrightii, Aralia sp. (35583)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Araliaceae indet., Oreopanax dissecta, Panax andrewsii (24209)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Aralia pusilla (22849) Aralia sp. (22886)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04China (Yunnan) Oreopanax oxfordensis (223846)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Aralia haselbachensis (24922) Panax longifolium (25583)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) A. sp. 2, Mackinlaya sp. (169006) A. sp. 2, Polyscias sp., Mackinlaya sp. (169237) Mackinlaya sp. (169007)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Aralia longisperma (23782) Aralia longisperma, Aralia rugosa (22889) Aralia longisperma, Aralia tertiaria, Aralia rugosa, Aralia crassa (23669) Aralia longisperma, Aralia tertiaria, Aralia rugosa, Aralia crassa, Aralia pusilla, Aralia chinensis (23663) Aralia pusilla (22888) Araliaceae indet., Aralia longisperma, Aralia tertiaria (23891)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Aralia dorofeevii, Aralia lusatica, Schefflera dorofeevii (24183 24534) Aralia lusatica (24533 26508) Schefflera dorofeevii (24179)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Aralia aquisextana, Hedera philiberti (113682)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (Southland) Schefflera sp. (169981)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) Aralia intermedia (23894)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Aralia intermedia (23906) Aralia intermedia, Aralia lucida (23908) Aralia tertiaria, Aralia intermedia (23907)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Kalopanax truncatibasalis (224041)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Humboldtia neyvelii (224618)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Kalopanax sp. (22796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Kalopanax acerifolium (223803)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Aralia sp. (28280)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (sachsen) Aralia tertiaria (27519)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Aralia chinensis (28442) Aralia sp., Hedera sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Aralia longisperma, Aralia tertiaria, Aralia depressa (24078)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Aralia longisperma (23611) Aralia tertiaria (22899 23618) Aralia weissii, Aralia zaddachii (27512) Aralia zaddachii (23041)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Aralia rugosa, Aralia lucida (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Aralia depressa (24098 24286 24317 24321) Aralia intermedia (24627) Aralia lucida (24094) Aralia lucida, Aralia depressa (24100) Aralia sp. (24287)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Aralia szaferi (21222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Araliaceae indet., Hedera sp. (232147) Hedera sp. (232121 232122 232148)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Aralia szaferi (22771)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Aralia stratosa (224540)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Aralia szaferi, Hedera helix (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Araliaceae indet. (172833 172836 172875) Araliaceae indet., A. Rutaceae? (172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Araliaceae indet. (168819 168888 168891 168892 168893 168904) Araliaceae indet., Schefflera sp. (168889) Schefflera sp. (168890)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Hedera helix, Hedera nepalensis (224612 224751)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Hedera helix (264732)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Araliaceae indet. (228849)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Araliaceae indet. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Schefflera sp. (168937)