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Houttuynia
Sign in to saveHouttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia. One species, H. cordata, is widely cultivated as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described H. cordata as the only species. It remained a monotypic genus until 2001 when Zheng Yin Zhu and Shi Liang Zhang discovered and described a second species native to China, H. emeiensis but the validity still unestablished. It was named after Dutch naturalist Martinus Houttuyn.
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Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to Houttuynia, and connects out to plant, Southeast Asia and species.
Vinony files it under Piperales genera and Saururaceae.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Genus
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassCestoda
- OrderCyclophyllidea
- FamilyDavaineidae
General: Heart-leaved houttuynia is a creeping herb with fleshy Common Name: Heart-leaved houttuynia
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 42
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Davaineidae
- Collections
- USNM, MICH, NHMUK, MO, DES, IPA/SP
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Burma, Malaysia, Japan, Brasil, Myanmar
Research
579 papers- Houttuynia cordata-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles Mitigate Colitis in Mice via Inhibition of the NLRP3 Signaling Pathway and Modulation of the Gut Microbiota.International journal of nanomedicine · 2024
- Houttuynia cordata Thunb: An Ethnopharmacological Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021
- Houttuynia cordata thunb. alleviates inflammatory bowel disease by modulating intestinal microenvironment: a research review.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
- Identifying the Potential of miRNAs in Houttuynia cordata-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles Against Respiratory RNA Viruses.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023
- Houttuynia Cordata Thunb.: A comprehensive review of traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacology and safety.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Saururaceae
- Image
- Houttuynia cordata.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 蕺菜属
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- Houttuynia
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Houttuynia
- Commons category
- Houttuynia cordata
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Encyclopedic overview
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Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia. One species, H. cordata, is widely cultivated as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described H. cordata as the only species. It remained a monotypic genus until 2001 when Zheng Yin Zhu and Shi Liang Zhang discovered and described a second species native to China, H. emeiensis but the validity still unestablished. It was named after Dutch naturalist Martinus Houttuyn.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houttuynia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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