Chinese Aralia ( Latin: Arália chinensis ) - deciduous trees , a species of the genus Aralia ( Aralia ) of the Araliaceae family .
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In nature , the species range covers the southern and southeastern provinces of China , Vietnam and Western Malaysia .
Content
- 1 Botanical Description
- 2 Classification
- 2.1 Representatives
- 2.2 Taxonomy
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Botanical Description
This species is similar to prickly aralia ( Aralia spinosa ). Usually grows bushy, less often a tree up to 8 m high. The whole plant is a little prickly.
Leaves 40–80 cm long, without thorns or with few scattered thorns; ovate or widely ovate leaflets , 5-10 cm long, sharp, finely pressed, serrated, pubescent below, sessile or almost sessile.
The panicle is usually single, 25-40 cm long; umbrellas are located on the axes of the second-fourth order.
Fruits with a diameter of about 3 mm.
Classification
Representatives
Within the species, a number of varieties are distinguished [2] :
- Aralia chinensis var. chinensis - this species is found in China and Vietnam;
- Aralia chinensis var. longibractea J.Wen - grows in Malaysia.
Taxonomy
Species Chinese Aralia is a member of the genus Aralia ( Aralia ) of the subfamily Aralioideae of the family Araliaceae of the order Umbrellae ( Apiales ).
| 8 more families (according to APG II System ) | about 50 more births | |||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas order | subfamily Aralioideae | view Aralia Chinese | ||||||||||||||
| Department of Flowering, or Angiosperms | Araliev family | kind Aralia | ||||||||||||||
| 44 more order flowering plants (according to APG II System ) | subfamily Hydrocotyloideae | about 70 more species | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ According to the GRIN website (see plant card).
Literature
- Trees and shrubs of the USSR. Wild, cultivated and promising for introduction. / Ed. volumes S. Ya. Sokolov . - M. - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1960. - T. V. Angiosperms. Families Myrtle - Olive. - S. 184. - 544 p. - 2200 copies.