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Genus of plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psilopeganum is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rutaceae.
Psilopeganum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Rutoideae |
Genus: | Psilopeganum Hemsl. |
Species: | P. sinense |
Binomial name | |
Psilopeganum sinense Hemsl. | |
It is a monotypic genus, with only a single species: Psilopeganum sinense (Chinese: 山麻黄; pinyin: shān má huáng, not to be confused with Ephedra/ma huang).
It is native to the Three Gorges Reservoir area, in the Hubei province of central China, where it has become endangered. A specimen exists at the New York Botanical Garden.[1]
Psilopeganum sinense is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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