When proposed, originally included types of the previously validly published fossil-species: Aralia formosa Heer (in Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 23([2]): 18. 30 Jul 1869); Aralia anisoloba Velen. (in Beitr. Paläontol. Österr.-Ungarn. Orients 2(1-2): 22. 1 Jan 1882); Aralia minor Velen. (in Beitr. Paläontol. Österr.-Ungarn. Orients 2(1-2): 25. 1 Jan 1882); Aralia decurrens Velen. (in Beitr. Paläontol. Österr.-Ungarn. Orients 4(1-2): 11. 20 Jul 1884).