Ivy family
ARALIACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Astrotricha latifolia Broad-leaf Star-hair Wyee, December 2007	Astrotricha longifolia Long-leaf Star-hair The Entrance, NSW, October 2007	Boerlagiodendron hybrid 'Highlander' Wyee, March 2007	Cussonia paniculata Mountain Cabbage Tree Sydney, November 2007
Dizygotheca elegantissima False Aralia Sydney, February 2008	Fatsia japonica Japanese Aralia Wyee, February 2007	Hedera helix Ivy Sydney, August 2006	Polyscias sambucifolia Elderberry Panax Wyee, December 2007
Schefflera actinophylla Umbrella Tree Sydney, August 2006	Schefflera arboricola Dwarf Umbrella Tree Sydney, August 2006	Trevesia palmata Snowflake Aralia Wyee, January 2007	Trevesia species Tree Ivy North Ryde, May 2007

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in Araliaceae for their foodplant, including:

Candalides consimilis

Imbophorus aptalis

Cryptoptila immersana

Atteva niphocosma

Coscinocera hercules

Ectropis excursaria

Rhopobota hortaria

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 6 February 2012)