Sanicula
Genus of flowering plants
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Sanicula is a genus of plants in family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae),[1] the same family to which the carrot and parsnip belong. This genus has about 45 species worldwide, with at least 22 in North America.[2] The common names usually include the terms sanicle or black snakeroot.
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| Sanicula europaea | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Saniculeae |
| Genus: | Sanicula L.[1] |
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Etymology
Sanicula comes from sanus, Latin for "healthy", reflecting the use of S. europaea in traditional remedies.[3]
List of species
As of December 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Sanicula arctopoides Hook. & Arn.
- Sanicula arguta Greene ex J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Sanicula astrantiifolia H.Wolff ex Kretschmer
- Sanicula azorica Guthnick ex Seub.
- Sanicula bipinnata Hook. & Arn.
- Sanicula bipinnatifida Douglas
- Sanicula canadensis L.
- Sanicula chinensis Bunge
- Sanicula coerulescens Franch.
- Sanicula crassicaulis Poepp. ex DC.
- Sanicula deserticola C.R.Bell
- Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Sanicula elongata K.T.Fu
- Sanicula epipactis (Scop.) E.H.L.Krause
- Sanicula europaea L.
- Sanicula giraldii H.Wolff
- Sanicula graveolens Poepp. ex DC.
- Sanicula hacquetioides Franch.
- Sanicula hoffmannii (Munz) R.H.Shan & Constance
- Sanicula kaiensis Makino & Hisauti
- Sanicula kauaiensis H.St.John
- Sanicula laciniata Hook. & Arn.
- Sanicula lamelligera Hance
- Sanicula liberta Cham. & Schltdl.
- Sanicula marilandica L.
- Sanicula maritima Kellogg ex S.Watson
- Sanicula mariversa Nagata & S.M.Gon
- Sanicula moranii P.Vargas, Constance & B.G.Baldwin
- Sanicula odorata (Raf.) Pryer & Phillippe
- Sanicula orthacantha S.Moore
- Sanicula oviformis X.T.Liu & Z.Y.Liu
- Sanicula peckiana J.F.Macbr.
- Sanicula purpurea H.St.John & Hosaka
- Sanicula rubriflora F.Schmidt
- Sanicula rugulosa Diels
- Sanicula sandwicensis A.Gray
- Sanicula saxatilis Greene
- Sanicula serrata H.Wolff
- Sanicula smallii E.P.Bicknell
- Sanicula tienmuensis R.H.Shan & Constance
- Sanicula tracyi R.H.Shan & Constance
- Sanicula trifoliata E.P.Bicknell
- Sanicula tuberculata Maxim.
- Sanicula tuberosa Torr.
- Sanicula uralensis Kleopow ex Kamelin, Czubarov & Shmakov
