Apiales genera

Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Several species are cultivated as climbing ornamentals, and the name ivy especially denotes common ivy (Hedera helix), known in North America as "English ivy", which is frequently planted to clothe brick walls.

The Panax (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae (ivy) family. Panax species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Panax is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and east North American distribution. Furthermore, this disjunct distribution is asymmetric as only two of the ~18 species in genus are native to North America.

Aralia , or spikenard, is a genus of the family Araliaceae, consisting of 68 accepted species of deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and rhizomatous herbaceous perennials. The genus is native to Asia and the Americas, with most species occurring in mountain woodlands. Aralia plants vary in size, with some herbaceous species only reaching tall, while some are trees growing to tall.

Eleutherococcus is a genus of 38 species of thorny shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae. They are native to eastern Asia, from southeast Siberia and Japan to the Philippines and Vietnam. 18 species come from China, from central to western parts.

Schefflera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands.

Pittosporum ( or ) is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. Plants in the genus Pittosporum are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged alternately along the stems. The flowers are arranged singly or in cymes, with white to yellow petals fused at the base forming a short tube, with stamens that are free from each other. The fruit is a capsule with a single locule that opens to reveal angular seeds.

Hydrocotyle, also called floating pennywort, water pennywort, dollar weed, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort and white rot, is a genus of prostrate, perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae.

Polyscias is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with a natural distribution from tropical Africa through Southeast Asia and Australia to islands of the Pacific. , Plants of the World Online recognises 28 synonyms and about 180 species for the genus.

Fatsia is a small genus of three species of evergreen shrubs in the family Araliaceae native to Korea, southern Japan and Taiwan. They typically have stout, sparsely branched stems bearing spirally-arranged, large leathery, palmately lobed leaves 20–50 cm in width, on a petiole up to 50 cm long, and small creamy-white flowers in dense terminal compound umbels in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black fruit. The genus was formerly classified within a broader interpretation of the related genus Aralia.

Griselinia is a genus of seven species of shrubs and trees, with a highly disjunct distribution native to New Zealand and South America. It is a classic example of the Antarctic flora. It is the sole genus in the family Griseliniaceae. In the past it was often placed in Cornaceae, but differs from that in many features.

Oplopanax is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of three species of deciduous shrubs, native to western North America and northeastern Asia. Oplopanax is closely related to the Asian genus Fatsia. ==Species== There are three recognized species of Oplopanax in the world: Oplopanax elatus, Oplopanax horridus, Oplopanax japonicus. {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px||Oplopanax elatus || Korea, China, Primorye |- |120px||Oplopanax horridus - Devil's club|| Pacific Northwest and Lake Superior. |- |120px||Oplopanax japo

Pseudopanax (Latin for "false ginseng") is a genus of seven species of evergreen plants that are endemic to New Zealand. Flowers of the genus occur in terminal umbels.

Pennantia is the sole genus in the plant family Pennantiaceae. In older classifications, it was placed in the family Icacinaceae. Most authorities have recognised three or four species, depending on whether they recognised Pennantia baylisiana as a separate species from Pennantia endlicheri. Botanist David Mabberley has recognised two species.

Meryta is a genus in the flowering plant family Araliaceae. There are 28 described species in the genus and a number of undescribed species, all small, resinous trees of the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean, characterized by huge, simple leaves and a dioecious sexual system, a unique combination in Araliaceae. Meryta has its center of diversity in New Caledonia (11 endemic spp.). Phylogenetic analyses have placed Meryta as a monophyletic genus in one of the three major clades of the Araliaciae, the Polyscias-Pseudopanax group, and more specifically in the Pacific Schefflera subclade.

Cussonia is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, which is native to the Afrotropics. It originated in Africa and has its center of distribution in South Africa and the Mascarene Islands. Due to their striking habit, they are a conspicuous and easily recognizable group of plants. Their genus name commemorates the botanist Pierre Cusson. The Afro-Malagasy and Asian Schefflera, and Afrotropical Seemannaralia genera are related taxa that share several of its morphological characteristics, among which the leaves borne on the end of branches, inflorescences carried on terminal branches or ste

Dendropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of 92 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, first described by Joseph Decaisne & Jules Émile Planchon in 1854. They are native to Central and South America, eastern Asia and the Malay Peninsula. Species such as Dendropanax trifidus or "kakuremino" in Japanese, are used in roji gardens, traditional moist and mossy areas leading to the chashitsu for tea ceremonies. ==References==

Cheirodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. All six species in the genus are endemic to Polynesia. The five Hawaiian species are generally called ōlapa, and occur in wet forests on all major islands as well as some mesic forests, such as Kipuka Puaulu.

Osmoxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae.

Billardiera, commonly known as appleberries, snot berries, or bluebell creepers, is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Billardiera are woody scramblers, climbers or twiners with elliptic, lance-shaped or linear leaves arranged alternately along the stems, the flowers with petals that are joined to form a tube at the base with spreading lobes, and succulent or fleshy fruit.

thumb|Trachymene coerulea (Australian lace flower) thumb|Trachymene cyanopetala Trachymene is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Araliaceae. The species are native to Australia, Malesia, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Merrilliopanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising 3 species of the subgenus Airampora. They are found in western China, Myanmar, northeast India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Bursaria is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or slender trees, often with spiny branches and have simple leaves, relatively small flowers with five sepals, five petals and five stamens, and fruit that is a flattened, thin-walled capsule.

Macropanax is a genus of flowering plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising 20 species. They are distributed from Central China to Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan and to western Malaysia.

Brassaiopsis is a genus of shrubs in the family Araliaceae. There are about 45 species, distributed in Asia from the Himalaya through China, Vietnam, Thailand to Indonesia.

Melanophylla is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The genus contains seven species of small trees and shrubs.

Oreopanax is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae, comprising circa 85 species native to the Americas.

Rhytidosporum is a genus of flowering plants within the family Pittosporaceae. The type species is Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell. ==Description== Rhytidosporum species are generally small herbs, or low shrubs, with alternate leaves which are often toothed at the apex. The flowers are small, generally solitary, and occur both in the axils and terminally. The five equal petals are white often tinged with red. The anthers shed their pollen longitudinally. The capsule is stalkless, with generally two locules. The seeds are dry, wrinkled and wingless.

Harmsiopanax is a genus of woody, monocarpic flowering plants of a palmlike habit belonging to the family Araliaceae. It comprises 3 species, of which the most important is the gigantic Harmsiopanax ingens.

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

Auranticarpa is a genus of trees in the family Pittosporaceae. All six species occur in monsoonal forest and rainforest margins in Northern Australia. The species, all formerly included in the genus Pittosporum, are as follows:

Myodocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Myodocarpaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The only other genus of the family is Delarbrea.

Delarbrea is a genus of plants in family Myodocarpaceae, which contains only one other genus, Myodocarpus.

Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.

Trevesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They are native to Southeast Asia. They are trees with spiny trunks. They grow in evergreen forest habitat. The genus is characterized by palmately lobed leaves, pedicels lacking articulations, at least six petals per flower, and at least six locules per ovary.

Cheiranthera is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae and are all endemic to Australia. The following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at April 2020: Cheiranthera alternifolia E.M.Benn. – S.A., (presumed extinct in Vic.) Cheiranthera borealis (E.M.Benn.) L.Cayzer & Crisp – Qld., N.S.W. Cheiranthera brevifolia F.Muell. – W.A. Cheiranthera filifolia Turcz. – W.A. Cheiranthera linearis A.Cunn. ex Lindl. – N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. Cheiranthera parviflora Benth. – W.A. Cheiranthera preissiana Putt. – W.A. Cheiranthera simplicifol

Marianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Marianthus are shrubs with twining branches, simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems. The flowers are pendent, arranged singly or in small groups in upper leaf axils or on the ends of branches with small bracts and bracteoles at the base, but that fall as the flowers open. The sepals are free from each other, and the petals are also sometimes free from each, otherwise joined at the base, forming a tube with spreading lobes. Plants in this genus were previously incl

Chengiopanax is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to China and Japan. Chengiopanax sciadophylloides is known to be a hyperaccumulator of manganese.

Astrotricha is a genus of shrubs in the ivy family Araliaceae endemic to Australia. It contains about 20 described species and a number of undescribed ones, and the genus is mostly confined to Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland with one species found in Western Australia.

Gamblea is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising four species. It originally comprised a single species, Gamblea ciliata, which is found in India.

Neopanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to New Zealand, including the Kermadec Islands. It is a clade within the genus Pseudopanax, and some authorities consider it to be a synonym of Pseudopanax.

Raukaua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. It has an austral distribution, being indigenous to southern Argentina and Chile, as well as New Zealand and the island of Tasmania.

Metapanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising two species. They are endemic to central and southern China and Vietnam.

Heptapleurum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, the ivy or ginseng family. These plants are native to Southeast Asia: Malesia, Papuasia, southern China, Vietnam, the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The genus was phylogenetically resurrected from the genus Schefflera in 2020. It is the largest genus of Araliaceae with 321 accepted species .

Arthrophyllum is a defunct genus of plants in the family Araliaceae. It was recognized by most authors until 2010, when all of its 30 species were "sunk" into Polyscias subgenus Arthrophyllum.

Plerandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae that has long been considered a synonym of Schefflera, which has been a polyphyletic group.