Araliaceae Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Araliaceae

Aralia elata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae Juss.
Subfamilies and genera
Subfamily Aralioideae Anakasia Apiopetalum Aralia Arthrophyllum Astrotricha Boninofatsia Brassaiopsis Cephalaralia Cheirodendron Cromapanax Cuphocarpus Cussonia Dendropanax Eleutherococcus x Fatshedera Fatsia Gamblea Gastonia Harmsiopanax Hedera Heteropanax Hunaniopanax Kalopanax Mackinlaya Macropanax Megalopanax Merrilliopanax Meryta Metapanax Motherwellia Munroidendron Oplopanax Oreopanax Osmoxylon Panax Polyscias Pseudopanax Pseudosciadium Raukaua Reynoldsia Schefflera Sciadodendron Seemannaralia Sinopanax Stilbocarpa Tetrapanax Tetraplasandra Trevesia Woodburnia Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae Azorella Centella Hydrocotyle Platysace Xanthosia
Synonyms
Botryodendraceae J.Agardh Hydrocotylaceae (Drude) Hyl., nom. cons.

The Araliaceae are a family of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family (after its type genus Aralia) or ivy family. The family includes 254 species of trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants in two subfamilies. Species usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have small flowers produced in large panicles.