Araliaceae

Astropanax Seem.

First published in J. Bot. 3: 176 (1865)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Schefflera.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Schefflera.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Carvalho [2284] Spain K004987425 Yes
Etuge, M. [1751] Cameroon K001291940 Yes
Etuge, M. [1751] Cameroon K000198215 Yes
Carvalho [2284] Spain K004987426 Yes
Kalbreyer [124] Cameroon K004987396 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [42] Cameroon K004987397 Yes
Wrigley, T.C.; Melville, F.A. [459] K004987427 Yes
Steele, M. [91] Cameroon K004987398 Yes
Carvalho [2200] Equatorial Guinea K004987429 Yes
Carvalho [2200] Equatorial Guinea K004987428 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0