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Euphrasia
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Euphrasia, or eyebright, is a genus of about 215 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are hemiparasitic on grasses and other plants. Both the common and generic names refer to the plant's use in a lotion for treating eye infections, with Euphrasia literally meaning 'good-cheer'.
Species
eyebrights
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOrobanchaceae
小米草属（学名：Euphrasia）是玄参科下的一个属，为一年生或多年生草本植物，本属植物常寄生于禾本科植物的根上。该属共有200种，分布于全球各地。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,262
- With media
- 2,078
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Collections
- MIN, TROM, CMN, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Norway, Canada, Georgia
Research
69 papers- Euphrasia Officinalis.The Hospital · 1891
- Minor acetylated metabolites from Euphrasia rostkoviana.Natural product research · 2020
- Euphrasia Eye Drops in Preterm Neonates With Ocular Discharge: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020
- Phenolic acids as chemotaxonomic markers able to differentiate the Euphrasia species.Phytochemistry · 2022
- Performance of generalist hemiparasitic Euphrasia across a phylogenetically diverse host spectrum.The New phytologist · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orobanchaceae
- Image
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- taxon common name
- smetlika
- has fruit type
- capsule
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Use in herbalism and medicine
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy and identification
- Selected species
- Footnotes
- References
Euphrasia, or eyebright, is a genus of about 215 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are hemiparasitic on grasses and other plants. Both the common and generic names refer to the plant's use in a lotion for treating eye infections, with Euphrasia literally meaning 'good-cheer'.
Many species are found in alpine or sub-alpine meadows where snow is common. Flowers usually are borne terminally, are zygomorphic, and have a lower petal shaped like a lip. The most common flower colours are purple, blue-white, and violet. Some species have yellow markings on the lower petal to act as a guide to pollinating insects.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Euphrasia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.