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Chelidonium
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Chelidonium, commonly known as celandines, is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, This genus is native to northern Africa and Eurasia, where they are widespread, ranging from western Europe to east Asia.
Species
Greater celandine
species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 73
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Collections
- MO, SD, NY, DOV, MEL, USCH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Japan, Morocco, United States, Germany, FrançA, Netherlands, Canada
Research
452 papers- Alkaloids in Chelidonium majus L: a review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024
- Chelidonium majus L.: A Current Perspective on Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Emerging Phytochemicals, Alkaloid Biosynthesis, and Biological Activities.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Chelidonium majus--an integrative review: traditional knowledge versus modern findings.Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006) · 2010
- Defense-related Proteins from Chelidonium majus L. as Important Components of its Latex.Current protein & peptide science · 2017
- Enhancing Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Review of Sericin and Chelidonium majus L. as Potential Dressings.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chelidonium, commonly known as celandines, is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, This genus is native to northern Africa and Eurasia, where they are widespread, ranging from western Europe to east Asia.
This genus consists of herbaceous perennials. Leaves are alternate and deeply lobed. They produce yellow flowers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chelidonium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.