What is Araliaceae?
{{taxobox |name = Araliaceae |image = Aralia elata en fleur4081.jpg |image_caption = ''Aralia elata'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Apiales]] |familia = '''Araliaceae''' |familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] |subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera |subdivision = *Subfamily [[Aralioideae]] **''[[Anakasia]]'' **''[[Apiopetalum]]'' **''[[Aralia]]'' **''[[Arthrophyllum]]'' **''[[Astrotricha]]'' **''[[Boninofatsia]]'' **''[[Brassaiopsis]]'' **''[[Cephalaralia]]'' **''[[Cheirodendron]]'' **''[[Cromapanax]]'' **''[[Cuphocarpus]]'' **''[[Cussonia]]'' **''[[Dendropanax]]'' **''[[Eleutherococcus]]'' **''[[x Fatshedera]]'' **''[[Fatsia]]'' **''[[Gamblea]]'' **''[[Gastonia (plant)|Gastonia]]'' **''[[Harmsiopanax]]'' **''[[Hedera]]'' **''[[Heteropanax]]'' **''[[Hunaniopanax]]'' **''[[Kalopanax]]'' **''[[Mackinlaya]]'' **''[[Macropanax]]'' **''[[Megalopanax]]'' **''[[Merrilliopanax]]'' **''[[Meryta]]'' **''[[Metapanax]]'' **''[[Motherwellia]]'' **''[[Munroidendron]]'' **''[[Oplopanax]]'' **''[[Oreopanax]]'' **''[[Osmoxylon]]'' **''[[Ginseng|Panax]]'' **''[[Polyscias]]'' **''[[Pseudopanax]]'' **''[[Pseudosciadium]]'' **''[[Raukaua]]'' **''[[Reynoldsia]]'' **''[[Schefflera]]'' **''[[Sciadodendron]]'' **''[[Seemannaralia]]'' **''[[Sinopanax]]'' **''[[Stilbocarpa]]'' **''[[Tetrapanax]]'' **''[[Tetraplasandra]]'' **''[[Trevesia]]'' **''[[Woodburnia]]'' *Subfamily [[Hydrocotyloideae]] **''[[Azorella]]'' **''[[Centella]]'' **''[[Hydrocotyle]]'' **''[[Platysace]]'' **''[[Xanthosia]]'' |synonyms = *Botryodendraceae <small>[[J.Agardh]]</small> *Hydrocotylaceae <small>([[Drude]]) [[Hyl.]]</small>, nom. cons. |}} The '''Araliaceae''' are a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s, also known as the '''Aralia family''' (after its type genus ''[[Aralia]]'') or [[Hedera|ivy]] family. The family includes 254 [[species]] of [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, [[liana]]s and perennial [[herbaceous]] [[plant]]s in two subfa