Cimicifugeae

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".

Cimicifugeae
Cimicifuga heracleifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Cimicifugeae
Torr. & A.Gray[1]
Type genus
Cimicifuga
Wernisch.

In pharmacology, Cimicifugae rhizoma is a herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/Actea root), translated as Sheng ma, a Chinese root preparation.

Genera
  1. Actaea L. - of which Cimicifuga is a synonym.[3]
  2. Anemonopsis Siebold & Zucc. (monotypic)
  3. Beesia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
  4. Eranthis Salisb.
  5. †Paleoactaea Pigg & DeVore, 2005

Selected Cimicifuga species
  • 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
  1. Torr. & A.Gray (1838) Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 34-35.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cimicifuga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
  3. "Search results — The Plant List".
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