Pfaffia
Encyclopedia
Pfaffia is a genus of plants in the family
Amaranthaceae
. This genus is sometimes placed in Chenopodiaceae
family.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
. This genus is sometimes placed in Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae were a family of flowering plants, also called the Goosefoot Family. They are now included within family Amaranthaceae. The vast majority of Chenopods are weeds, and many are salt and drought tolerant. A few food crops also belong to the family: spinach, beets, chard, quinoa, and...
family.
Selected species
- Pfaffia cinera
- Pfaffia denutata
- Pfaffia glomerataPfaffia glomerataPfaffia glomerata is an medicinal plant native to Argentina, Bolivia, Cerrado, and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil.-See also:* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil* List of plants of Pantanal vegetation of Brazil...
- Pfaffia gnaphaloides
- Pfaffia helichrysoides
- Pfaffia jubataPfaffia jubataPfaffia jubata is a plant native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil....
- Pfaffia paniculata - Suma RootSuma rootSuma also called Brazilian ginseng is the root of a rambling ground vine found in South America used traditionally as a medicine and tonic...
, Brazilian Ginseng - Pfaffia sericantha
- Pfaffia sericea
- Pfaffia townsendii
- Pfaffia tuberosa
- Pfaffia velutina