Cimicifuga
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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). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
- ^ "Search results — The Plant List".
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