Panax L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aureliana Boehm. in Defin. Gen. Pl.: 283 (1760)
- Ginsen Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 102 (1763)
- Ginseng Alph.Wood in Amer. Bot. Fl.: 142 (1871)
- Nanopanax A.Haines in Bot. Notes 15: 4 (2020)
- Panacea Mitch. in Diss. Bot. Zool.: 42 (1769)
- Panaxus St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 109 (1880)
Accepted Species
- Panax arunachalensis Taram, A.P.Das & Tag
- Panax assamicus R.N.Banerjee
- Panax bipinnatifidus Seem.
- Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
- Panax japonicus (T.Nees) C.A.Mey.
- Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen
- Panax pseudoginseng Wall.
- Panax quinquefolius L.
- Panax sokpayensis Shiva K.Sharma & Pandit
- Panax stipuleanatus H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng
- Panax trifolius L.
- Panax vietnamensis Ha & Grushv.
- Panax wangianus S.C.Sun
- Panax zingiberensis C.Y.Wu & Feng
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0