Pulicaria

thumb|right|200px|Pulicaria wightiana in [[Hyderabad, India.]]

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria

Observations recorded336,298

General: Pulicaria (from the Lat. pulex, a flea, the strong smell

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 251
With media: 231
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: RSA, MICH, UCR, NY, BRY, EMC
Recorded in: Tunisia, India, United States, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Thailand, Benin

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Research

364 papers

A Comprehensive Review on Anticancer Potential of Pulicaria Plants and their Derivatives.Current cancer drug targets · 2025
Constituents of Pulicaria inuloides and Cytotoxic Activities of Two Methoxylated Flavonols.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
Effect of Pulicaria mauritanica on Glucose Metabolism and Glycogen Content in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2022
Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.-Rightfully Earned Name? Identification and Biological Activity of New 3-Methoxycuminyl Esters from P. dysenterica Essential Oil.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
Phytochemicals and biological activities of Pulicaria species.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2010

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thumb|right|200px|Pulicaria wightiana in [[Hyderabad, India.]]

Pulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. In North America Pulicaria is known by the common name false fleabane.

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