Biology:Michauxia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Michauxia
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Michauxia campanuloides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Michauxia
L'Hér.

Michauxia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains 7 known species native to southwestern Asia.[1][2]

  • Michauxia campanuloides L'Hér. - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel
  • Michauxia koeieana Rech.f. - Iran
  • Michauxia laevigata Vent. - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  • Michauxia nuda A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq
  • Michauxia stenophylla Boiss. & Hausskn. in P.E.Boissier - Iran
  • Michauxia tchihatcheffii Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey
  • Michauxia thyrsoidea Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier - Turkey

Medicinal properties

Several species of Michauxia - notably M. nuda and M. tchihatcheffii - are used in the treatment of wounds in Turkish folk medicine. Recent scientific evaluation has confirmed that these plants possess wound-healing, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.[3]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2012 Jan 31 Wound healing and anti-inflammatory activities of the Michauxia L'Hérit (Campanulaceae) species native to Turkey. Güvenç A., Akkol E.K., Hürkul M.M., Süntar I. and Keleş H.

Wikidata ☰ Q403067 entry