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Genus of Araliaceae plants

Astropanax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Astropanax
Seem.
Species

See text

Synonyms

Geopanax Hemsl.

Astropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Tropical Africa, Madagascar, and other Indian Ocean islands. It was resurrected from Schefflera in 2017.

Species

The following species are accepted:

  • Astropanax abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Seem. – Nigeria and Cameroon, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Malawi
  • Astropanax barteri Seem. – western and west-central Africa to Angola
  • Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Astropanax goetzenii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – eastern Africa from Uganda to Zimbabwe
  • Astropanax humblotianus (Drake) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – central Madagascar
  • Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Astropanax mannii (Hook.f.) Seem. – eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Gulf of Guinea Islands
  • Astropanax monophyllus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar
  • Astropanax myrianthus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar and Comoro Islands
  • Astropanax polysciadius (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar, Comoro Islands, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to northern Malawi
  • Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Seychelles
  • Astropanax stolzii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Tanzania (Rungwe District)
  • Astropanax tessmannii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Astropanax urostachyus (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Tanzania
  • Astropanax volkensii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

References

  1. ^ "Astropanax Seem". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. Lowry, Porter P.; Plunkett, Gregory M.; Gostel, Morgan R.; Frodin, David G. (2017). "A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): Resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia". Candollea. 72 (2): 265. doi:10.15553/c2017v722a4. S2CID 90636101.
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