Aralioideae

Aralioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants contains around 50 recognized genera. These include the genus Panax, to which ginseng belongs. Other notable species are the Angelica-tree (devil's walking-stick, Aralia spinosa), the devil's club (Oplopanax horridus), or common ivy (Hedera helix).

Molecular evidence suggests that the Aralioideae diverged from their sister lineage, the relatively species-poor Hydrocotyloideae, during the Middle Eocene.

The Aralioideae consists of five major groups. Of these, strong evidence indicates that the three largest groups, the Asian Palmate group, the Aralia–Panax group, and the Greater Raukaua group, are monophyletic, while the other two, the Polycias–Pseudopanax group and the Osmoxylon group, require additional sampling in molecular phylogenies to demonstrate monophyly. Some genera in the subfamily may be paraphyletic (e.g. Aralia, Raukaua).

The subfamily contains the following genera:

Apiopetalum

Mackinlaya

Pseudosciadium

Aralia

Arthrophyllum

Cuphocarpus

Gastonia

Meryta

Munroidendron

Panax

Pentapanax

Polyscias

Pseudopanax

Reynoldsia

Sciadodendron

Tetraplasandra

Astropanax

Brassaiopsis

Crepinella

Dendropanax

Didymopanax

Eleutherococcus

× Fatshedera

Fatsia

Frodinia

Gamblea

Hedera

Heptapleurum

Heteropanax

Kalopanax

Macropanax

Metapanax

Oplopanax

Oreopanax

Schefflera

Sciodaphyllum

Sinopanax

Tetrapanax

Trevesia

Tupidanthus

Anakasia

Astrotricha

Cephalaralia

Cheirodendron

Cussonia

Harmsiopanax

Megalopanax

Merrilliopanax

Motherwellia

Osmoxylon

Raukaua

Seemannaralia

Woodburnia