Biology:Rhaponticum carthamoides

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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

Maral root
Rhaponticum carthamoides.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Rhaponticum
Species:
R. carthamoides
Binomial name
Rhaponticum carthamoides
(Willd.) Iljin[1]
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Stemmacantha carthamoides Serratula carthamoides
  • Cnicus carthamoides Carduus carthamoides
  • (Willd.) Steud. (Willd.) B.Fedtsch.
  • Willd. (Willd.) Dittrich
  • Fornicium carthamoides Cirsium carthamoides
  • (Willd.) Kamelin (Willd.) Poir.
  • Centaurea carthamoides (Willd.) Link
  • (Willd.) DC. Leuzea carthamoides

Rhaponticum carthamoides, synonym Leuzea carthamoides, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae.[1] It is known as maral root or rhaponticum.[2] It inhabits the sub-alpine zone (4,500–6,000 ft (1,400–1,800 m) above sea level) as well as alpine meadows. It can be found growing wild in Southern Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Altay region, and Western Sayan Mountains. Maral root is widely cultivated throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.[citation needed] This plant derives its traditional name maral root (maralu) from the maral deer that fed on it.[citation needed]

R. carthamoides is high in 20-hydroxyecdysone, one of the most common molting hormones in insects, crabs, and some worms and can disrupt their molting and reproduction.[3]

1985 USSR stamp, depicting Rhaponticum carthamoides

References

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