Abstract: While investigating the species of Eleutherococcus Maxim. in theworld, the authors find that the Section Sciadophylloides Harms gets onbad with the others in the genus, and that it can not be placed in therelated genera, Schefflera J. R. & Forest., Kalopanax. Miq. and Eleuthe-rococcus Maxim. Therefore, the new genus Changiopanax Shang et J. Y. Huang is described and the names of the species contained in the new genusare combined as Chengiopanax fargesii and Chengiopanax sciadopylloides in thispaper.

Key words: New gengus, Chengiopanax, Ch.fargesii, Ch.sciad-ophylloides