Tetrapanax
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Tetrapanax papyrifer, the rice-paper plant[1] (通草—tong cao), is an evergreen shrub or tree in the family Araliaceae, the sole species in the genus Tetrapanax.[2] The specific epithet is frequently misspelled as "papyriferum", "papyriferus", or "papyrifera". It is endemic to Taiwan, but widely cultivated in East Asia and in other tropical[3] or mild temperate regions as well.[4]
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Tetrapanax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Araliaceae |
Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
Genus: | Tetrapanax (K.Koch) K.Koch |
Species: | T. papyrifer |
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Tetrapanax papyrifer | |
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The species was once included in the genus Fatsia as Fatsia papyrifera.[5]
A second species, Tetrapanax tibetanus, is now regarded as a synonym of Merrilliopanax alpinus.[6]