Angelica sinensis information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels

Genus: Angelica
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) subfamily: Apioideae tribe: Selineae.
Nomen number: 406655
Place of publication: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29:500. 1900
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name verified on: 03-Dec-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Dec-2009
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

Chinese angelica (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
dang qui (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – Transcribed Chinese
kinakvanne (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

ASIA-TEMPERATE
China: China - Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan

Cultivated:

ASIA-TEMPERATE
China: China
ASIA-TROPICAL
Indo-China: Vietnam

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce.
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Angelica sinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Angelica sinensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Angelica sinensis.

Synonyms:

(≡) Angelica polymorpha var. sinensis Oliv. (basionym)
(previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels:

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406655 (18 May 2013)

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