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Araliaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (279 words) |
 | Araliaceae is a family of 52 genera of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family or Ivy family. |
| The family includes trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants, and usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have small flowers produced in large panicles. |
| The Evolution of Araliaceae: A Phylogenetic Analysis Based on ITS Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA. |
| Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany (374 words) |
| The Araliaceae are mostly tropical shrubs and trees comprising about 70 genera and 700 species. |
| The leaves are alternate or rarely opposite, palmately or pinnately compound or more than once compound or rarely simple; stipules are usually present and liguliform or adnate to the petiole and sheathing. |
| Note the pinnate leaves, umbellate inflorescence, and flowers with five and six petals and alternating stamens; the inferior ovary and nectary disk are also evident in this this endemic Hawaiian species. |
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