Pseudopanax (Latin for 'false ginseng') is a small genus of 12–20 species of evergreen plants, the majority of which are endemic to New Zealand. Flowers of the genus occur in terminal umbels.
A 2000 molecular study established that several species within the genus were only distantly related to the core group of New Zealand species related the type species P. crassifolius. They were removed to the genus Raukaua.
Pseudopanax occur in forest or scrub environments. The genus contains some remarkable ...