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Common Names
Common Names in Chinese:
Lun San Wu Jia
Description
Genus Eleutherococcus
Shrubs
, erect
or scandent
, rarely small trees
, hermaphroditic
or andromonoecious, glabrous
or pubescent
, usually prickly, occasionally unarmed
. Leaves palmately compound
or trifoliolate
; stipules absent or very weakly developed. Inflorescence a terminal
(rarely axillary
) panicle of umbels or a solitary umbel, secondary axes with a terminal umbel of bisexual
flowers and 1 to many lateral
umbels of later flowering bisexual or functionally male flowers. Pedicels not articulate
or only slightly articulate below ovary. Calyx margin
entire or with 5 minute teeth. Petals 5, valvate
. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-5-carpellate; styles 2-5, free
to base
, or partially to fully united
. Fruit a drupe, laterally compressed
or subglobose. Seeds laterally compressed; endosperm smooth
.
Nearly 40 species: E Asia, Himalayan region; 18 species (14 endemic) in China.[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Apiales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Eleutherococcus
()
- Maximowicz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans. 9 [Prim. Fl
- Ginseng
- Specific epithet:
verticillatus
- (G.Hoo) H.Ohashi
- Botanical name: - Eleutherococcus verticillatus (G.Hoo) H.Ohashi
- Specific epithet:
verticillatus
- (G.Hoo) H.Ohashi
- Genus:
Eleutherococcus
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Apiales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acanthopanax verticillatus C. Ho
- Acanthopanax verticillatus G. Hoo
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eleutherococcus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 80 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
E. baoxinensis · E. brachypus · E. brachypus var. brachypus · E. brachypus var. omeiensis · E. cissifolius · E. cissifolius var. cissifolius · E. cissifolius var. glaber · E. connatistylus · E. cuspidatus · E. divaricatus · E. divaricatus var. chiisanensis · E. divaricatus var. divaricatus · E. eleutheristylus · E. eleutheristylus var. eleutheristylus · E. eleutheristylus var. simplex · E. giraldii · E. giraldii f. hispidus · E. giraldii var. giraldii · E. giraldii var. villosus · E. gracilistylus · E. henryi (Coarse-Leaved Acanthopanax) · E. henryi var. faberi · E. higoensis · E. huangshanensis · E. humillimus · E. hypoleucus · E. japonicus · E. japonicus f. kiusianus · E. koreanus · E. lasiogyne · E. lasiogyne var. ferrugineus · E. lasiogyne var. lasiogyne · E. leucorrhizus · E. leucorrhizus var. axillaritomentosus · E. leucorrhizus var. brevipedunculatus · E. leucorrhizus var. fulvescens · E. leucorrhizus var. leucorrhizus · E. leucorrhizus var. scaberulus · E. leucorrhizus var. setchuenensis · E. melanocarpa · E. nanpingensis · E. nikaianus · E. nodiflorus · E. pentaphyllus · E. pilosulus · E. pseudosetulosus · E. pubescens · E. rehderianus · E. rehderianus var. longipedunculatus · E. rehderianus var. rehderianus · E. rufinervis · E. scandens · E. senticosus (Ussurian Thorny Pepperbush) · E. seoulensis · E. sessiliflorus (Stalkless-Flowered Acanthopanax) · E. sessiliflorus var. parviceps · E. sessiliflorus var. sessiliflorus · E. setchuenensis · E. setchuensis · E. setchuensis var. latifoliatus · E. setulosus · E. sieboldianus (Five-Fingered Aralia) · E. sieboldianus 'Aureomarginatus' · E. sieboldianus 'Aureovariegata' · E. sieboldianus f. variegatus · E. sieboldianus 'Variegatus' · E. simonii · E. simonii var. longipedicellatus · E. simonii var. simonii · E. spinosus · E. stenophyllus · E. ternatus · E. trichodon · E. trifoliatus · E. trifoliatus var. setosus · E. trifoliatus var. trifoliatus · E. verticillatus · E. wardii · E. wilsonii · E. xizangensis
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- China Plant Specialist Group 2004. Eleutherococcus verticillatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5990025
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-66508
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:944876-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 944876-1
- IUCN ID: 46459
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029396
Footnotes
- Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry "Eleutherococcus". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 435, 437, 466. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
