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  1. Family: Araliaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

      1. Polyscias aculeata (Decne. & Planch.) Harms

        This species is accepted, and its native range is E. Madagascar.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Madagascar

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Polyscias aculeata (Decne. & Planch.) Harms appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Madagascar Cuphocarpus aculeatus K000350370
    Scott Elliot, G.F. [2348], Madagascar Cuphocarpus aculeatus K000350369
    Baron, R. [2748], Madagascar Cuphocarpus aculeatus K000350371 Unknown type material

    Bibliography

    First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 45 (1894)

    Accepted by

    • Lowry II, P.P. & Plunkett, G.M. (2010). Recircumscription of Polyscias (Araliaceae) to include six related genera, with a new infrageneric classification and a synopsis of species Plant Diversity and Evolution 128: 55-84.

    Not accepted by

    • Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cuphocarpus aculeatus.]

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Lowry II, P.P. & Plunkett, G.M. (2010). Recircumscription of Polyscias (Araliaceae) to include six related genera, with a new infrageneric classification and a synopsis of species Plant Diversity and Evolution 128: 55-84.

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0