Eleutherococcus

Eleutherococcus henryi, doldige inflorescences and fruits.

Eleutherococcus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae ( Araliaceae ), the species in eastern Asia are located.

• 5.1 Notes and references

Description

They are mostly deciduous shrubs or small trees. They are usually armed. The long -stalked leaves are palmately divided. Stipules are present.

In aged men inflorescences are doldige part inflorescences together. The small, radial symmetry, usually hermaphrodite flowers are fünfzählig. It's just a circle with five stamens present. Two to five carpels are fused into an ovary. The two to five pens are free to grow together. Pollination is by insects. The fruits are usually blue to black.

Occurrence

The Eleutherococcus species are widespread in eastern Asia from the Himalayan region about China, southeastern Siberia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan to the Philippines. The greatest diversity of species there are in the central and western China.

System

The genus Eleutherococcus 1859 by Karl Johann Maximowicz in Primitiae Florae Amurensis, page 132, published in Mémoires Presentes a l' Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Pétersbourg par Divers savans et dans ses lus Assemblées, Volume 9, first described. Synonyms for Eleutherococcus are Acanthopanax ( Decne. & Planch. ) Miq. and Plectronia Lour.

Types (selection)

In the genus Eleutherococcus there are approximately 40 species; of which 18 species in China to find:

• Eleutherococcus chiisanensis Nakai.
• Eleutherococcus cissifolius (. Griff. ex Seem ) Nakai ( syn. Acanthopanax cissifolius ( Griff. ex Seem ) Harms, Aralia cissifolia handle ex Seem. .. )
• Eleutherococcus divaricatus ( Siebold & Zucc. ) SYHu ( Syn: .. .. Acanthopanax divaricatus ( Siebold & Zucc ) Seem, Kalopanax divaricatus ( Siebold & Zucc ) Miq, Panax Siebold & Zucc divaricatus. )
• Eleutherococcus giraldii ( Harms ) Nakai ( syn. Acanthopanax giraldii Harms )
• Eleutherococcus gracilistylus ( WWSm. ) SYHu ( syn. Acanthopanax gracilistylus WWSm. )
• Eleutherococcus henryi Oliv. ( Syn. Acanthopanax henryi ( Oliv. ) Harms )
• Eleutherococcus innovans ( Siebold. & Zucc. ) H.Ohba. ( Syn: .. .. .. Acanthopanax innovans ( Siebold. & Zucc ) Seem, Euodiopanax innovans ( Siebold. & Zucc ) Nakai, Gamblea innovans ( CBClarke. ) Frodin, Panax Siebold & Zucc innovans. )
• Eleutherococcus japonicus ( Franch. & Sav. ) Nakai. ( Syn: .. Acanthopanax japonicus Franch & Sav, Eleutherococcus spinosus var japonicus ( Franch. & Sav ) H.Ohba. . )
• Eleutherococcus lasiogyne ( Harms ) SYHu ( syn. Acanthopanax lasiogyne Harms )
• Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus Oliv. ( Syn. Acanthopanax leucorrhizus ( Oliv. ) Harms ): Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var scaberulus ( Harms & Rehder ) Nakai ( syn. Acanthopanax leucorrhizus var scaberulus Harms & Rehder )

Pictures

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• Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry: Araliaceae. Schefflera. In: Wu Zheng -yi and Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China. 13, Science Press, inter alia, Beijing, among other things, ISBN 9781930723801, Eleutherococcus Maximowicz, S. 466 (text identical with printed work, online).