Astropanax

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

Species
The following species are accepted:


 * Astropanax abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Seem. – Nigeria and Cameroon, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Malawi
 * Astropanax barteri Seem. – western and west-central Africa to Angola
 * Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Astropanax goetzenii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – eastern Africa from Uganda to Zimbabwe
 * Astropanax humblotianus (Drake) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – central Madagascar
 * Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Astropanax mannii (Hook.f.) Seem. – eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Gulf of Guinea Islands
 * Astropanax monophyllus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar
 * Astropanax myrianthus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar and Comoro Islands
 * Astropanax polysciadius (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Madagascar, Comoro Islands, and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to northern Malawi
 * Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Seychelles
 * Astropanax stolzii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Tanzania (Rungwe District)
 * Astropanax tessmannii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Astropanax urostachyus (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Tanzania
 * Astropanax volkensii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania