Cimicifugeae

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").^[2] The name Cimicifuga means "bed bug repeller".

Cimicifugeae
Cimicifuga heracleifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:	Ranunculoideae
Tribe:	Cimicifugeae Torr. & A.Gray[1]
Type genus
Cimicifuga Wernisch.

In pharmacology, Cimicifugae rhizoma is a herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/Actea root), translated as Sheng ma, a Chinese root preparation.

Genera

1. Actaea L. - of which Cimicifuga is a synonym.^[3]
2. Anemonopsis Siebold & Zucc. (monotypic)
3. Beesia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
4. Eranthis Salisb.
5. †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

1. Torr. & A.Gray (1838) Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 34-35.
2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cimicifuga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 368.
3. "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