Cimicifuga
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Cimicifuga is a genus
of between 12-18 species of flowering plant
s belonging to the family Ranunculaceae
, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
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The genus is closely related to Actaea, and many botanists include it in that genus; if included, the number of species in Actaea rises from 8 to 20-26.
The name Cimicifuga means 'bedbug
repeller'.
Selected species
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of between 12-18 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s belonging to the family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....
, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
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The genus is closely related to Actaea, and many botanists include it in that genus; if included, the number of species in Actaea rises from 8 to 20-26.
The name Cimicifuga means 'bedbug
Bedbug
Cimicidae are small parasitic insects. The most common type is Cimex lectularius. The term usually refers to species that prefer to feed on human blood...
repeller'.
Selected species
- Cimicifuga americana
- Cimicifuga arizonica
- Cimicifuga biternata
- Cimicifuga brachycarpa
- Cimicifuga dahurica
- Cimicifuga elata
- Cimicifuga europaea
- Cimicifuga foetida
- Cimicifuga heracleifolia
- Cimicifuga japonica
- Cimicifuga laciniata
- Cimicifuga nanchuanensis
- Cimicifuga racemosaCimicifuga racemosaActaea racemosa is a plant of the buttercup family . It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario to central Georgia, and west to Missouri and Arkansas...
- Cimicifuga rubifolia
- Cimicifuga simplex - Sheng ma in Chinese
- Cimicifuga yunnanensis
- Cimicifuga rhizoma - also often translated as Sheng ma Chinese herb