Panax
| Panax | |
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| Panax quinquefolius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Panax L. |
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The Panax (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae[1] (ivy) family. Panax species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Panax is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and east North American distribution.[2] Furthermore, this disjunct distribution is asymmetric as only two of the ~18 species in genus are native to North America.
Etymology
The name Panax, meaning "all-healing" in Greek, shares the same origin as "
Chinese medicine.[citation needed
]
Panax species
Genus Panax[3]
- Subgenus Panax
- Section Panax
- Series Notoginseng
- Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen (known as san qi, tian qi or tien chi)
- Series Panax
- Panax arunachalensis Taram, A.P.Das & Tag[4][5]
- Panax assamicus (Assam Ginseng) [6]
- Panax bipinnatifidus Seem. [7]
- var. angustifolius (Burkill) J.Wen
- Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. (Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng, Korean ginseng, Asiatic ginseng, Oriental ginseng)[8]
- Panax japonicus (T.Nees) C.A.Mey. (Japanese ginseng)[9][10][11]
- Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng)
- Panax sokpayensis Shiva K.Sharma & Pandit [12]
- Panax vietnamensis Ha & Grushv.
- Panax wangianus S.C.Sun [13]
- Panax zingiberensis C.Y.Wu & Feng
- Series Notoginseng
- Section Pseudoginseng
- Panax pseudoginseng Wall.
- Panax stipuleanatus H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng [14][15]
- Section Panax
- Subgenus Trifolius
Hybrids:
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panax.
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- S2CID 82972879.
- ^ "'Panax search' from the Plant List". The Plant List, v. 1.1. 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Panax arunachalensis Taram, A.P.Das & Tag". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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- ^ "Panax Assamicus".
- ^ "Panax bipinnatifidus Seem. — The Plant List". Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ "Asian Ginseng". National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). September 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- PMID 27148308.
- ^ "Japanese ginseng". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ Plantae Medicinales oder Sammlung offizineller Pflanzen.
- S2CID 198131033.
- ^ "Panax wangianus S.C.Sun — The Plant List". Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ "Panax stipuleanatus H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng — The Plant List". Retrieved 2018-07-14.
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