Araliaceae

Description

1450 spp

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

trees, shrubs, lianas

Leaf

Leaves alternate; ±3-veined or palmately lobed or compound, or pinnately (bi)compound; margin entire or serrate; stipules often present; petioles of different lengths; leaf scars on stems

Flower

Bisexual, monoecious or dioecious. Flower: in umbels; 0 or 3-5(-12) sepals; (3-)5(-12) ±free petals; (3-)5(-12) or many stamens; ovary inferior (or superior)

Fruit and seed

Fruit a schizocarp (as Apiaceae) or a drupe or berry

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Araliaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
  • araliakasvit (Finnish)
  • araliaväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.41725
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
Total 3 species