Panax
The Panax (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae (ivy) family. Panax species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Panax is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and east North American distribution. Furthermore, this disjunct distribution is asymmetric as only two of the ~18 species in genus are native to North America.
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Panax, commonly known as ginseng, is a plant genus in the ivy family known for containing unique compounds called ginsenosides and gintonin. The genus is notable for its unusual geographic distribution, found in both East Asia and eastern North America, though most of its roughly 18 species are native to Asia rather than North America.
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Jersey Tiger
Panax
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyAraliaceae
Observations35,031
人參屬（學名：Panax）屬於五加科，主要生長在北半球的東亞和北美，特別是寒冷地區。發現于越南的越南人參（P. vietnamensis）是已知生長在最南端的人參。人參的特點在於含有人參皂苷。 又稱「西伯利亞人參」的刺五加（Eleutherococcus senticosus）並不算真正的人參，它具有木質而非肉質根；含有午貝乙素，而非人參皂苷。 一些以前被歸類為“人參”的物種現在已被作為單獨的屬：桐和假參。 目录 1 歷史 2 分類 3 常被錯當是人參的植物 4 参考文献 5 外部連結 歷史 人參，意思是像人的根。该词原本泛指一些常见的药用植物，尽管现在人參大多与“人參属”相关联，但是一些研究者认为在古代中国，原本“人參”一词可能是指一种另外的植物。尽管人參常被视为东亚医学所用，但实际上美洲原住民已经使用花旗參数个世纪。现在在许多唐人街草药铺和亞洲超市一般都可以买到各种人參。 分類 根據GRIN的資料，人參屬目前有效的種的名稱如下： 中文俗名 學名与作者 异名与作者 三七田七 Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Y. Wu & K. M. Feng Aralia quiquefolia var. notoginseng BurkillPanax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng (Burkill) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng 珠子參疙瘩七羽葉三七 Panax bipinnatifidus Seem. Panax major (Burkill) K. C. Ting ex C. Pei et al.Panax pseudoginseng var. bipinnatifidus (Seem.) H. L. Li 人參高麗參紅參 Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax schinseng T. Nees 竹節參大葉參日本參 Panax japonicus C. A. Mey. Panax pseudoginseng japonicus (C. A. Mey.) H. HaraPanax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (C. A. Mey.) G. Hoo & C. J. TsengPanax repens Maxim. 西洋參（花旗參） Panax quinquefolius L. Aralia quinquefolia (L.) Decne. & Planch.Panax americanus Raf. 峨嵋參越南參 Panax vietnamensis Ha & Grushv. Panax omeiensis J. Wen 狹葉竹節參狹葉假人參 Panax wangianus
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The Panax (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae (ivy) family. Panax species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Panax is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and east North American distribution. Furthermore, this disjunct distribution is asymmetric as only two of the ~18 species in genus are native to North America.
==Etymology== thumb|American ginseng at Monk Garden in Wisconsin . The name Panax, meaning "all-healing" in Greek, shares the same origin as "panacea" and was used for this genus because Carl Linnaeus was aware of its wide use in Chinese medicine.