Keys from Flora of Bhutan: 1. Leaves 1 - 3 x pinnate or 3-foliolate .... .. 2 + Leaves palmate with 3 or more leaflets, or simple, lobed or not ..... 7 2. Leaves mostly 2 — 3 x pinnate ...... .. 3 + Leaves simply pinnate or 3-foliolate ...... .. 4 3. Pedicels articulate at base of flowers; inflorescence glabrous; styles 5, free or shortly connate; fruit subglobose ....... l. Aralia + Pedicels not articulate at base of flowers, inflorescence stellate-pubescent; styles 2, free; fruit compressed ....... 2. Heteropanax 4. Leaves simply pinnate with 5 or more leaflets; flowers in racemes or umbels ............. 3. Pentapanax + Leaves 3-foliolate ............ .. 5 5. Leaflets subsessile or with petiolules up to l.5cm .... .. 4. Gamblea + Petiolules longer than l.5cm ....... .. 6 6. Styles 5, connate almost to apex; leaves always 3-foliolate ..... 3. Pentapanax (P. trifoliatus) + Styles 2, connate almost to apex or sometimes truncated; leaves mostly palmately 5-foliolate ..........8. Macropanax 7. Leaves palmate or digitate with more than 3 leaflets (but sometimes 3 in Eleutherococcus) .. .. 8 + Leaves simple, lobed or not ....... .. 12 8. Herbs, leaves whorled ... .. 5. Panax + Shrubs, sometimes climbing, or trees; leaves altemate ... .. 9 9. Stems spiny ......... .. 10 + Stems unarmed ........ .. 11 10. Shrubs; umbels solitary or few, not stellate-pubescent; styles 3 or 5, connate or free at apex ....... .. 6. Eleutherococcus + Trees; umbels numerous, panicled, sparsely stellate-pubescent when young; styles 2, connate to apex ........ .. 7. Brassaiopsis 11. Pedicels articulate at base of flowers; styles 2, connate almost to apex or sometimes truncated ..... .. 8. Macropanax + Pedicels not articulate at base of flower; styles 5, connate throughout, stigma obscurely 5-lobed .... .. 9. Schefflera
(Images by Nick (Id by M K Pathak) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) |
Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms (Images by (Siva Siva - identified by Ajinkya Gadave) & (Bhagyashri Ranade - identified by Ajinkya Gadave), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))
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Images by Sourav Mahmud - (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)
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Schefflera venulosa (Wight & Arn.) Harms (Images by (Anurag Sharma - identified by Tapas Chakrabarty), (Satish Phadke - identified by Ajinkya Gadave), Ajinkya Gadave & N.S.Dungriyal, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))
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Species & genera pages of Araliaceae in efloraofindia are now with images. It involved inserting images on around 30 species pages (say around 100 images) & 10 genera pages. It also involved correctly identifying some of the threads, putting them at their proper place, proper formatting of the species pages etc. I request our members to pl. take up one family each & try to make efloraofindia more constructive. We will be rendering what ever assistance is required by the members, in this matter.
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