Cimicifuga

Cimicifuga
Cimicifuga heracleifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Cimicifuga
Wernisch.
Species

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Cimicifuga (bugbane or cohosh) was a genus of between 12-18 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae,[1] native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

The genus is now generally included in Actaea[2].

The name Cimicifuga means 'bedbug repeller'.

Selected species

Cimicifuga Brunette (Brunette bugbane) September 2014 U.K.
  • Cimicifuga americana
  • Cimicifuga arizonica
  • Cimicifuga biternata
  • Cimicifuga brachycarpa
  • Cimicifuga dahurica - Sheng ma in Chinese (Chinese: 升麻; pinyin: Sheng ma)
  • Cimicifuga elata
  • Cimicifuga europaea
  • Cimicifuga foetida
  • Cimicifuga heracleifolia - both used in TCM as Sheng ma in Chinese (Chinese: 升麻; pinyin: Sheng ma)
  • Cimicifuga japonica
  • Cimicifuga laciniata
  • Cimicifuga nanchuanensis
  • Cimicifuga racemosa
  • Cimicifuga rubifolia
  • Cimicifuga simplex
  • Cimicifuga yunnanensis
  • Cimicifugae rhizoma - pharmacological term in herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/Actea root), translated as Sheng ma, Chinese herb

References

  1. ↑ Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cimicifuga". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
  2. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=actaea


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