| Cimicifugeae | |
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| Cimicifuga heracleifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ranunculoideae |
| Tribe: | Cimicifugeae Torr. & A.Gray[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Cimicifuga Wernisch.
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The Cimicifugeae are a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, based on the now obsolete genus Cimicifuga (sometimes called "bugbane" or "cohosh").[2] The name Cimicifuga means "bed bug repeller".
In pharmacology, Cimicifugae rhizoma is a herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/Actea root), translated as Sheng ma, a Chinese root preparation.
Genera[edit]
- Actaea L. - of which Cimicifuga is a synonym.[3]
- Anemonopsis Siebold & Zucc. (monotypic)
- Beesia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
- Eranthis Salisb.
- †Paleoactaea Pigg & DeVore, 2005
Selected Cimicifuga species[edit]
- Cimicifuga arizonica
- Cimicifuga dahurica - Sheng ma in Chinese (Chinese: 升麻; pinyin: Sheng ma)
- Cimicifuga elata
- Cimicifuga europaea
- Cimicifuga heracleifolia - both used in TCM as Sheng ma in Chinese (Chinese: 升麻; pinyin: Sheng ma)
- Cimicifuga japonica
- Cimicifuga racemosa
- Cimicifuga simplex
References[edit]
- ^ Torr. & A.Gray (1838) Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 34-35.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
- ^ "Search results — The Plant List".
External links[edit]
- Flora of North America: Cimicifuga
- Flora of China: Cimicifuga
- The Plant List: "Actaea"
Data related to Cimicifugeae at Wikispecies
Media related to Cimicifugeae at Wikimedia Commons
