Heteropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They are native to Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Heteropanax Seem. |
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These plants are evergreen shrubs or trees. They are andromonoecious, producing bisexual and male flowers. They have compound leaves made up of a few leaflets. The inflorescence is a panicle of umbels, an array of several clusters of bisexual flowers with a few clusters of male flowers along the sides. Each has five petals. The fruit is a flattened drupe.[1]
There are about ten species. Two are endemic to China.[1]
Species include:
- Heteropanax balanseanus
- Heteropanax brevipedicellatus
- Heteropanax chinensis
- H. chinensis var. chinensis
- H. chinensis var. longipedicellata
- Heteropanax dhruvii[2]
- Heteropanax fragrans
- H. fragrans var. attenuatus
- H. fragrans var. subcordatus
- Heteropanax hainanensis
- Heteropanax nitentifolius
- Heteropanax phanrangensis
- Heteropanax yunnanensis
References edit
- ^ a b Heteropanax. Flora of China.
- ^ Srivastava, R. C., Singh, R. K., & Mukherjee, T. K. (2010). Bioculturally important rare new plant species of Heteropanax Seems (Araliaceae) from Eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 9(2), 242-244.