Fumaria
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| Fumaria officinalis (type species) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Fumaria L. |
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Fumaria (Fumitory, Fumewort; from Latin fūmus terrae, smoke of the earth) is a genus of 50 species of annual plants, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North and South America and Australia.[1] Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine.[2][3] Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory and anti-pain potential.[4]
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[edit] Species
There are about 50 species, including:
- Fumaria bastardii
tall ramping fumitory, bastard's fumitory - Fumaria capreolata
white ramping fumitory - Fumaria densiflora
dense-flowered fumitory - Fumaria macrocarpa
- Fumaria martinii
Martin's fumitory - Fumaria muralis
wall fumitory - Fumaria occidentalis
western fumitory, Cornish fumitory - Fumaria officinalis
common fumitory, drug fumitory - Fumaria purpurea
purple ramping fumitory - Fumaria parviflora
fineleaf fumitory - Fumaria reuteri
few-flowered fumitory - Fumaria schleicheri
- Fumaria vaillantii
earthsmoke
Fumitory is (possibly) an important food plant for the Turtle Dove.
[edit] Gallery
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Fumaria muralis
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Fumaria muralis
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F muralis
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Fumaria parviflora
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Fumaria vaillantii
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[edit] References
- ^ Lidén, Magnus. 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae (Papaveraceae) with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Botanica 88, Copenhagen, Denmark
- ^ Pandey MB, Singh AK, Singh JP, Singh VP, Pandey VB .,"Fuyuziphine, a new alkaloid from Fumaria indica." Nat Prod Res. 2008 Apr 15;22(6):533-6
- ^ http://www.mycobiology.or.kr/Upload/files/MYCOBIOLOGY/35(3)%20157-158.pdf
- ^ Rao CV, Verma AR, Gupta PK, Vijayakumar M.,"Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of Fumaria indica whole plant extract in experimental animals." Acta Pharm. 2007 Dec;57(4):491-8
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