| ''Actinomorphe'', ''Actinophyllum'', ''Agalma'', ''Astropanax'', ''Bakeria'', ''Brassaia'', ''Cephaloschefflera'', ''Crepinella'', ''Didymopanax'', ''Dizygotheca'', ''Geopanax'', ''Heptapleurum'', ''Neocussonia'', ''Nesopanax'', ''Octotheca'', ''Parapanax'', ''Paratropia'', ''Plerandra'', ''Scheffleropsis'', ''Sciadophyllum'', ''Tupidanthus'' | | ''Actinomorphe'', ''Actinophyllum'', ''Agalma'', ''Astropanax'', ''Bakeria'', ''Brassaia'', ''Cephaloschefflera'', ''Crepinella'', ''Didymopanax'', ''Dizygotheca'', ''Geopanax'', ''Heptapleurum'', ''Neocussonia'', ''Nesopanax'', ''Octotheca'', ''Parapanax'', ''Paratropia'', ''Plerandra'', ''Scheffleropsis'', ''Sciadophyllum'', ''Tupidanthus'' |
| + | syn. Tupidanthus (Greek, mallet and flower, referring to the shape of the fl.-buds). Araliaceae. At first a glabrous small tree, becoming with age a tall climber: lvs. large, digitately compound; lfts. coriaceous, entire; stipules connate: umbellules arranged in a short panicle or compound umbel: fls. large for the order; petals connate in a leathery or fleshy hood; stamens numerous; disk convex: fr. leathery to fleshy, subglobose. One species, India. T. calyptratus, Hook. f. & Thoms. Lvs. digitate; lfts. 7-9, entire, 7 x 2 1/2 in., narrow-oblong, short-acuminate, narrowed at base; petiolules 2 in. long: main umbel about 3-rayed, branches 3 in. long with large bracts at their bases; umbellules 5-7-cleft: fls. green; stamens 50-70. India. B.M. 4908. |