Bupleurum
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Bupleurum is a very large genus
of plants of the Apiaceae
family, represented by 185 to 195 species.
Species include:
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 plants of the Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
family, represented by 185 to 195 species.
Species include:
- Bupleurum aureum Fisch. ex Hoffm. (also called Bupleurum longifolium fo. normale (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) H. Wolff or Bupleurum longifolium var. aureum (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) H. Wolff, known in Russia as the herbal remedy Володушка (Volodushka) and in China as 金黄柴胡 (jin huang chai hu)
- Bupleurum chinenseBupleurum chinenseBupleurum chinense is a plant of the Apiaceae family.-Ethnomedical uses:Bupleurum is a medicinal root found natively in East Asia. The Chinese name is Chai Hu...
- Bupleurum dianthifoliumBupleurum dianthifoliumBupleurum dianthifolium is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.It is endemic to Italy.Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
- Bupleurum elatumBupleurum elatumBupleurum elatum is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.It is endemic to Italy.Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.-References:* Gianguzzi, L. & La Mantia, A. 2006. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Bupleurum falcatumBupleurum falcatumBupleurum falcatum, also known as Chinese Thoroughwax and Sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.It is endemic to Europe and Western Asia....
- Bupleurum fruticosum
- Bupleurum kakiskalaeBupleurum kakiskalaeBupleurum kakiskalae is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.It is endemic to Greece .One of Crete’s rarest plants, B. kakiskalae grows on a few calcareous cliffs at 1450-1500m in the Lefka Ori of western Crete. Plants produce a single, monocarpic rosette of narrow oblanceolate,...
- Bupleurum lancifoliumBupleurum lancifoliumBupleurum lancifolium is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name lanceleaf thorow-wax. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and it is known elsewhere, including parts of North America, as an introduced species. It grows up to 50 centimeters tall with a...