| 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 |
| Type genus | |
| Cimicifuga Wernisch. | |
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"). 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
- Actaea L. - of which Cimicifuga is a synonym.
- Anemonopsis Siebold & Zucc. (monotypic)
- Beesia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
- Eranthis Salisb.
- †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
- Torr. & A.Gray (1838) Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 34-35.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cimicifuga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
- "Search results — The Plant List".
External links
- 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cimicifuga | |