Epimedium
Sign in to saveEpimedium, also known as barrenwort, '''bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo''' (), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. The majority of the species are endemic to China, with smaller numbers elsewhere in Asia and a few in the Mediterranean region.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyBerberidaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 266
- With media
- 175
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Collections
- ECON, US, A, YPM, CM, NCSC
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany
Key facts
- Chinese.c
- 淫羊藿
- Chinese.l
- "lascivious goat huo"
- Chinese.p
- yín yáng huò
- Chinese.j
- Jam4 joeng4 fok3
- Chinese.y
- Yàhm yèuhng fok
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
1,447 papers- Epimedium Linn: A Comprehensive Review of Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Clinical Applications and Quality Control.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2024
- Epimedium-Derived Exosome-Loaded GelMA Hydrogel Enhances MC3T3-E1 Osteogenesis via PI3K/Akt Pathway.Cells · 2025
- Epimedium and its chemical constituents in cancer treatment: A comprehensive review of traditional applications, antitumor effects, pharmacokinetics, delivery systems, and toxicology.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
- Epimedium brevicornu Maxim.-derived extracellular vesicle-like particles stimulate VEGF-mediated angiogenesis to alleviate postmenopausal osteoporosis.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025
- Cancer-Related Therapeutic Potential of Epimedium and Its Extracts.Nutrition and cancer · 2024
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Horticultural hybrids
- Cultivation
- Propagation
- Chemistry
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Epimedium, also known as barrenwort, '''bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo' (), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. The majority of the species are endemic to China, with smaller numbers elsewhere in Asia and a few in the Mediterranean region.
Epimedium species are deciduous or evergreen hardy perennials. The majority have four-parted "spider-like" flowers in spring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epimedium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.