Bifora (plant)
| Bifora | |
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| Bifora radians | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Coriandreae |
| Genus: | Bifora Hoffm. |
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Atrema DC. | |
Bifora is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, of disjunct distribution, with 3 species, two Eurasian and one American.
- Bifora radians has a range extending from Spain eastward through south central and Southern Europe to Iran.
- Bifora testiculata has a wider and more southerly distribution, extending east-west from Spain to Uzbekistan and taking in, to the south, North Africa, the Levant and Saudi Arabia.
- Bifora americana (Common name: prairie bishop's weed) has a southerly distribution within the United States, being confined to Texas and Arkansas, although it has also been introduced into Alabama.[1][2]
Medicinal Use of B. testiculata in Jordan
In Jordan, the Mediterranean / South West Asian species B. testiculata is known by the Jordanian Arabic common name كزبرة (kazbira) which is also sometimes applied to the closely related Apiaceous herb coriander (cilantro). A tisane prepared from the seed-like mericarp fruits is used as a sedative and to treat stomach pains.[3]
B. testiculata former grain alien in U.K.
A few specimens of Bifora testiculata were found growing in the north of the British county of Yorkshire in the years 1893 and 1895, this introduced plant species having been introduced inadvertently in imported grain. The plant had not (as of the year 2000), however, been recorded in the area since.[4]
References
- ^ Kew Plants of the World Online http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/?q=Bifora retrieved 10.13 on 15/8/20.
- ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at University of Texas at Austin https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=biam2 retrieved at 11.02 on 15/8/20.
- ^ Oran, Sawsan A. and Al- Eisawi, Dawud M., Medicinal plants in the high mountains of northern Jordan, International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation Vol. 6(6), pp. 436-443, June 2014.
- ^ Wilmore, G.T.D., Alien Plants of Yorkshire pub. Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 2000, page 124.
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