Cimicifuga
| Cimicifuga | |
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| Cimicifuga heracleifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Cimicifuga Wernisch. |
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Cimicifuga (bugbane or cohosh) is a genus of between 12-18 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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'.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, of which 'Brunette' (Atropurpurea Group) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[1]
Selected species
Cimicifuga Brunette (Brunette bugbane) September 2014 U.K.
- 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 racemosa
- Cimicifuga rubifolia
- Cimicifuga simplex - Sheng ma in Chinese (Chinese: 升麻; pinyin: Sheng ma)
- Cimicifuga yunnanensis
- Cimicifuga rhizoma - also often translated as Sheng ma Chinese herb
References
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'". Retrieved 16 July 2013.
External links
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Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Cimicifuga. |
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