Back Hedera Afrikaans عشقة Arabic عشقه ARZ Hedera AST Daşsarmaşığı Azerbaijani مئشه سارماشیغی AZB Плюшч Byelorussian Бръшлян Bulgarian Hedera Catalan Hedera CEB
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| Hedera algeriensis in Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Hedera L. |
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Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Several species are cultivated as climbing ornamentals, and the name ivy especially denotes common ivy (Hedera helix), known in North America as "English ivy", which is frequently planted to clothe brick walls.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved June 11, 2014.