Rhaponticum

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Rhaponticum
Rhaponticum scariosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cardueae
Genus: Rhaponticum
Vaill. 1754 not Ludw. 1757 nor Adans. 1763 nor Haller 1742[1]
Synonyms[1]
Rhaponticum coniferum - MHNT

Rhaponticum, a.k.a. Maral Root, is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

Description

Rhaponticum species are perennial herbaceous plants with simple, rarely branched stems. The leaves are simple to pinnatifid. The inflorescence is on the apex of the stem. The fruit is an achene with a hairy pappus.[4]

Medicinal use

The Maral root is used in folk medicine:[citation needed]

  • to increase physical and mental stress.
  • to strengthen the efficiency of body.
  • to restore vigor.
  • to reduce feelings of fatigue, irritability.
  • to increase libido and potency (due to the high content of ekdistena).

Maral root can be used for athletes preparing for a competition, because:

  • it increases the amplitude of the pulsation of the heart.
  • it expands peripheral blood vessels and increases blood flow velocity.
  • it displaces the lactic acid from the muscle.
  • it improves endurance exercise capacity, reduces the feeling of fatigue.

Systematics

Species

The genus comprises the following species.[1][5][6][7]

Formerly included

Several species are now relegated to other genera: Centaurea, Klasea, Ochrocephala, Stemmacantha, and Synurus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. ^ Vaillant, Sébastien. 1754. Der Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris Physische Abhandlungen 5: 177
  3. ^ Tropicos, Rhaponticum Vaill.
  4. ^ Rhaponticum. Flora of China.
  5. ^ Hidalgo, O., et al. (2006). Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Annals of Botany 97(5), 705-14.
  6. ^
  7. ^ GRIN Species Records of Rhaponticum. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
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