alphabetical index of plant families and groups - Sunrise Versand
alphabetical index of plant families and groups - Sunrise Versand
alphabetical index of plant families and groups - Sunrise Versand
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Botanical Keys<br />
� Ivy <strong>and</strong> Ginseng family with 43 genera holding about 1450 species <strong>of</strong> rather<br />
stout-stemmed <strong>and</strong> little-branched shrubs or trees, <strong>of</strong>ten strong-smelling <strong>and</strong><br />
with large <strong>and</strong> prominent scars from the fallen leaves.<br />
� Distribution: Worldwide, but centred in tropics.<br />
� Sister family to Apiaceae <strong>and</strong> by some authorities included in a broadly circumscribed<br />
Apiaceae.<br />
� Leaves <strong>of</strong>ten compound, with broad, more or less sheathing leaf-bases.<br />
� Flowers small, in compound inflorescences, usually either capitate [head-like]<br />
or umbellate.<br />
� Fruit a globose drupe with several seeds.<br />
� Classified in order Apiales by both Cronquist <strong>and</strong> Dahlgren.<br />
� Compare other <strong>families</strong> in order Apiales: Apiaceae [Umbelliferae]; Pittosporaceae.<br />
ARALIACEAE IN HOMEOPATHY<br />
FAMILY ARALIACEAE – ORDER APIALES<br />
Homeopathic name Common name Abbreviation Symptoms<br />
Aralia californica Elk-clover Aral-c. None<br />
Aralia hispida Bristly sarsaparilla Aral-h. 5–10<br />
Aralia nudicaulis Wild sarsaparilla Aral-nu. None<br />
Aralia racemosa American spikenard Aral. c. 240<br />
Aralia spinosa<br />
Eleutherococcus<br />
Devil’s-walking-stick Aral-sp. None<br />
senticosus Siberian ginseng Eleut. None<br />
Ginseng1 Ginseng Gins. c. 5402 Hedera helix English ivy Hed. c. 220<br />
Hydrocotyle vulgaris Marsh pennywort Hydrc-vg. None<br />
Oplopanax horridus Devil’s club Oplo-h. None3 Panax quinquefolius American ginseng Panax-q. None4 © Saltire Books Ltd<br />
1 = Identity uncertain: unclear whether it concerns Panax ginseng [Chinese ginseng]<br />
or Panax quinquefolius [American ginseng], or both. 2–4 = Symptoms provings not yet<br />
included.<br />
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