Merrilliopanax

Merrilliopanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising 3 species of the subgenus Airampora.

They are found in western China, Myanmar, northeast India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

[1] The genus name of Merrilliopanax is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and taxonomist,[2] and also panax meaning "all-healing" in Greek.

[3] The genus was first described and published in Sargentia Vol.2 on page 62 in 1942.

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