Blumea
Blumea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae.
| Blumea | |
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| Sambong (Blumea balsamifera)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Supertribe: | Helianthodae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Blumea DC. 1883 , conserved name, not Rchb. 1828 (Malvaceae) nor G. Don 1831 (Actinidiaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Blumea balsamifera | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Characteristics
Genus Blumea is found in the tropical and sub-tropical zones of Asia, especially the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A few species are found in Australia and still fewer in Africa.[2][3]
The plants of this genus are mostly relatively small weeds.[4] Some of them are ruderal species.
A few of the species were formerly included in genus Conyza.
Many species of genus Blumea are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Other uses include as decorative dry plants.
Blumea balsamifera (Nat; หนาด) is reputed to ward off spirits in Thai folklore, and is used in Philippines herbal medicine as well.
Blumea mollis[5] leaf essential oil contains linalool (circa 19%), γ-elemene (c.12%), copaene (c.11%), estragole (c.11%), allo-ocimene (c.10 %), γ-terpinene (8%) and allo-aromadendrene (c.7 %). The essential oil had significant toxic effect against early fourth-instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus with LC50 = 71.71 and LC90 = 143.41 ppm.[6]
Other uses of the name
Blumea is also the name of the Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography published by the National Herbarium of the Netherlands.[7]
Species
- Accepted species[2]
- Blumea adamsii
- Blumea adenophora
- Blumea amplectens
- Blumea angustifolia
- Blumea arabidea
- Blumea arfakiana
- Blumea arnakidophora
- Blumea aromatica
- Blumea atropurpurea
- Blumea axillaris
- Blumea balsamifera - sambong, naat (หนาด)
- Blumea barbata
- Blumea belangeriana
- Blumea benthamiana
- Blumea bicolor
- Blumea bifoliata
- Blumea borneensis
- Blumea braunii
- Blumea brevipes
- Blumea bullata
- Blumea cabulica
- Blumea cafra
- Blumea canalensis
- Blumea celebica
- Blumea chevalieri
- Blumea chinensis
- Blumea clarkei - Clarke blumea (七里明)
- Blumea confertiflora
- Blumea conspicua
- Blumea crinita
- Blumea densiflora
- Blumea dentata
- Blumea diffusa
- Blumea diplotricha
- Blumea duclouxii
- Blumea eberhardtii
- Blumea elatior
- Blumea emeiensis
- Blumea eriantha
- Blumea fistulosa
- Blumea formosana
- Blumea henryi
- Blumea heudelotii
- Blumea hieraciifolia - hawkweed leaf blumea (毛毡草)
- Blumea hossei
- Blumea incisa
- Blumea integrifolia
- Blumea intermedia
- Blumea junghuhniania
- Blumea korthalsiana
- Blumea lacea
- Blumea lacera - Malay blumea, kakronda (红头草)
- Blumea laciniata - cutleaf false oxtongue (走马风)
- Blumea laevis
- Blumea lanceolaria
- Blumea lecomteana
- Blumea linearis
- Blumea longipes
- Blumea malcolmii
- Blumea manillensis
- Blumea martiniana
- Blumea membranacea
- Blumea milnei
- Blumea mindanaensis
- Blumea moluccana
- Blumea napifolia
- Blumea obliqua
- Blumea oblongifolia
- Blumea obovata
- Blumea oloptera
- Blumea oxyodonta - spiny leaved blumea
- Blumea paniculata - mharbir (Hindi)
- Blumea pannosa
- Blumea papuana
- Blumea psammophila
- Blumea pubigera
- Blumea pungens
- Blumea ramosii
- Blumea repanda
- Blumea riparia
- Blumea sagittata
- Blumea saussureoides
- Blumea saxatilis
- Blumea scabrifolia
- Blumea scapigera
- Blumea sessiliflora
- Blumea sikkimensis
- Blumea sinuata
- Blumea stenophylla
- Blumea subalpina
- Blumea sumbawensis
- Blumea tenella
- Blumea tenuifolia
- Blumea thorelii
- Blumea timorensis
- Blumea vanoverberghii
- Blumea venkataramanii
- Blumea veronicifolia
- Blumea vestita
- Blumea viminea
- Blumea virens
- Blumea viscosa - clammy false oxtongue
- Blumea volkensii
- Blumea zeylanica
Bibliography
- John Lindley & Thomas Moore, The treasury of botany
References
- illustration circa 1880 from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas, Gran edicion
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 829 艾纳香属 ai na xiang shu Blumea Candolle, Arch. Bot. (Paris). 2: 514. 1833.
- Oudhia, P., S. S. Kolhe, and R. S. Tripathi. "Allelopathic effect of Blumea lacera L. on rice and common kharif weeds." Oryza 35.2 (1998): 175-177.
- Blumea mollis
- Senthilkumar A, Kannathasan K, Venkatesalu V.,"Chemical constituents and larvicidal property of the essential oil of Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr. against Culex quinquefasciatus." Parasitol Res. 2008 Sep;103(4):959-62
- Blumea - Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography, National Herbarium of the Netherlands Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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