Polyscias

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Polyscias.jpg

|image_caption = Polyscias guilfoylei & Polyscias fruticosa

|taxon = Polyscias

|authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.{{R|POWO}}

|diversity = About 200 species

|diversity_link = List of Polyscias species

|synonyms =

{{collapsible list |bullets=on

| Arthrophyllum {{small |Blume}}

| Bonnierella {{small |R.Vig.}}

| Botryopanax {{small |Miq.}}

| Cuphocarpus {{small |Decne. & Planch.}}

| Dipanax {{small |Seem.}}

| Eremopanax {{small |Baill.}}

| Eupteron {{small |Miq.}}

| Gastonia {{small |Comm. ex Lam.}}

| Gelibia {{small |Hutch.}}

| Grotefendia {{small |Seem.}}

| Indokingia {{small |Hemsl.}}

| Irvingia {{small |F.Muell.}}

| Kissodendron {{small |Seem.}}

| Maralia {{small |Thouars}}

| Montagueia {{small |Baker f.}}

| Munroidendron {{small |Sherff}}

| Nesodoxa {{small |Calest.}}

| Nothopanax {{small |Miq.}}

| Oligoscias {{small |Seem.}}

| Palmervandenbroekia {{small |Gibbs}}

| Peekeliopanax {{small |Harms}}

| Pterotropia {{small |W.F.Hillebr.}}

| Reynoldsia {{small |A.Gray}}

| Sciadopanax {{small |Seem.}}

| Shirleyopanax {{small |Domin}}

| Tetraplasandra {{small |A.Gray}}

| Tieghemopanax {{small |R.Vig.}}

| Triplasandra {{small |Seem.}}

}}

}}

Polyscias is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They bear pinnately compound leaves.{{cite journal |author1=Lowry, P.P. |author2=Plunkett, G.M. |year=2010 |title=Recircumscription of Polyscias (Araliaceae) to include six related genera, with a new infrageneric classification and a synopsis of species |journal=Plant Diversity and Evolution |volume=128 |issue=1–2 |pages=55–84 |doi=10.1127/1869-6155/2010/0128-0003}}

In 2003, a checklist and nomenclator was published for Araliaceae.David G. Frodin and Rafaël Govaerts. 2003. World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. {{ISBN|978-1-84246-048-1}}. (See External links below). In this work, 116 species were listed for Polyscias.

{{As of|2022|7}}, Plants of the World Online recognises 180 species in the genus and 22 synonyms for it.{{R|POWO}}