Fumaria

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For the Roman smokehouses used for aging wine, see Fumarium.

Fumaria
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Fumaria officinalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe:
Subtribe:
Genus: Fumaria
L.
Type species
Fumaria officinalis

Fumaria (fumitory or fumewort, from Latin fumus terrae, "smoke of the earth") is a genus of about 60 species[1] of annual flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. The genus is native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North, South America and Australia.[2] Fumaria species are sometimes used in herbal medicine. Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids and alpha-hydrastine.[3][4] Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential.[5]

Selected species[]

There are about 50 species:[6]

  • Hammar
  • Lag.
  • Pau & Font Quer
  • Boiss.
  • Coss. & Durieu ex Hausskn.
  • Pugsley
  • Sennen & Pau
  • Fumaria bastardii Boreau
  • Pugsley
  • Sommier ex Nicotra
  • Pomel
  • Verg.
  • Lidén
  • Fumaria capreolata L.
  • R.T.Lowe ex Pugsley
  • Michajlova
  • DC.
  • Pugsley
  • (Pugsley) Lidén
  • (Pugsley) M.Linden
  • Gasp.
  • Michajlova
  • Boiss.
  • (Hausskn.) Pugsley
  • Boiss.
  • Jord.
  • Parl.
  • Boiss.
  • Pugsley ex Maire
  • Maire
  • Pugsley
  • Kralik ex Hausskn.
  • Pugsley
  • J.A.Schmidt
  • Boiss. & Reut.
  • Fumaria muralis Sond. ex W.D.J.Koch
  • Pugsley
  • Fumaria occidentalis Pugsley
  • Fumaria officinalis L.
  • Pugsley
  • Fumaria parviflora Lam.
  • Rchb.
  • Lidén
  • (Pugsley) Lidén
  • Pugsley
  • (Pugsley) Pugsley
  • Boiss.
  • Lidén
  • Knaf
  • Boiss. & Reut.
  • Soy.-Will.
  • Velen.
  • (Hammar) Cout.
  • Boiss. & Reut.
  • Lidén
  • Loisel.

References[]

  1. ^ Murphy, R.J. (2009)b Fumitories of Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 12. ISBN 9780901158406
  2. ^ Lidén, Magnus. 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae (Papaveraceae) with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Botanica 88, Copenhagen, Denmark
  3. ^ Pandey MB, Singh AK, Singh JP, Singh VP, Pandey VB .,"Fuyuziphine, a new alkaloid from Fumaria indica." Nat Prod Res 2008 Apr 15;22(6):533-536
  4. ^ http://www.mycobiology.or.kr/Upload/files/MYCOBIOLOGY/35(3)%20157-158.pdf
  5. ^ Rao CV, Verma AR, Gupta PK, Vijayakumar M.,"Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of Fumaria indica whole plant extract in experimental animals." 2007 Dec;57(4):491-498
  6. ^ "Fumaria". The Plant List. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
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