Astropanax Explained

Astropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Tropical Africa, Madagascar, and other Indian Ocean islands.^[1] It was resurrected from Schefflera in 2017.^[2]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[1]

• Astropanax abyssinicus – Nigeria and Cameroon, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Malawi
• Astropanax barteri – western and west-central Africa to Angola
• Astropanax evrardii – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Astropanax goetzenii – eastern Africa from Uganda to Zimbabwe
• Astropanax humblotianus – central Madagascar
• Astropanax kivuensis – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Astropanax mannii – eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Astropanax monophyllus – Madagascar
• Astropanax myrianthus – Madagascar and Comoro Islands
• Astropanax polysciadius – Madagascar, Comoro Islands, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to northern Malawi
• Astropanax procumbens – Seychelles
• Astropanax stolzii – Tanzania (Rungwe District)
• Astropanax tessmannii – Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Astropanax urostachyus – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Tanzania
• Astropanax volkensii – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

Notes and References

1. 2969-1 . Astropanax Seem. . 8 January 2023 .
2. A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): Resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia . Candollea . 2017 . 72 . 2 . 265 . 10.15553/c2017v722a4 . 90636101 . Lowry . Porter P. . Plunkett . Gregory M. . Gostel . Morgan R. . Frodin . David G. .