Biology:Cimicifuga
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Short description: Invalidated genus of flowering plants
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| Cimicifuga heracleifolia | |
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| Genus: | Cimicifuga Wernisch.
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Cimicifuga (bugbane or cohosh) was a genus of between 12 and 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 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
In pharmacology
- Cimicifugae rhizoma - pharmacological term in herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/Actea root), translated as Sheng ma, Chinese herb
References
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Cimicifuga". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
- ↑ "Search results — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=actaea.
External links
Wikimedia
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Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Cimicifuga. |
Wikidata ☰ Q3262285 entry
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