Polyscias fruticosa

Polyscias fruticosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Polyscias
Species: Polyscias fruticosa

Name

Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 45 (1894)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Panax fruticosus L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1513 (1763).
• Homotypic
  • Nothopanax fruticosus (L.) Miq., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 139 (1856)
  • Tieghemopanax fruticosus (L.) R.Vig., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 4: 61 (1906)
  • Aralia fruticosa (L.) L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort.: 2747 (1916), pro syn.
• Heterotypic
  • Aralia tripinnata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 223 (1837).
  • Panax fruticosus var. crispus W.Bull ex Rafarin, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 48: 216 (1876)
  • Panax plumatus W.Bull ex W.Richards, Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 439 (1878)
  • Aralia massangeana, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 3 (1882)
  • Aralia deleauana L.Linden, Cat. Gén. 109: 1 (1883)
  • Panax diffusus W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 193: 15 (1883)
  • Panax dumosus W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 193: 15 (1883)
  • Panax fruticosus var. deleauanus (L.Linden) N.E.Br., Ill. Hort. 30: 109 (1883)
  • Panax fissus W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 199: 14 (1884)
  • Panax plumatus Barb.Rodr., Hort. Flumin. 1893: 243 (1895),nom. illeg. hom.
  • Panax aureus Sander, Nursery Cat. (Sander & Co.) 1899: 22 (1899)
  • Nothopanax fruticosus var. plumata (W.Bull ex W.Richards) Merr., Fl. Manila: 358 (1912)
  • Polyscias fruticosa var. plumata (W.Bull ex W.Richards) L.H.Bailey, Rhodora 18: 153 (1916)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Malesia to SW. Pacific References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Harms, H. 1894. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3(8): 45.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Polyscias fruticosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 June 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Polyscias fruticosa. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Polyscias fruticosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 June 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Ming Aralia

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