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Panax ginseng, commonly known as Chinese ginseng, Korean ginseng, or ordinary Korean ginseng, is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It belongs to the genus Panax and is classified within the order Apiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. This taxon serves as a source of ginseng and is utilized as a medicinal plant.
The species is native to Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, and Primorye, while it has been introduced to North-Central China. Its taxon range is listed as China. Records of the plant are held by institutions including MICH, US, GH, MO, and BRIT, with occurrences documented in Russia, the Russian Federation, China, Malaysia, and the United States.
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Vinony's link graph records 83 inbound references to Panax ginseng, and connects out to Korea, binomial nomenclature and perennial plant.
It is catalogued under topics including Commons link from Wikidata, Flora of China and Korean vegetables.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyAraliaceae
Ginseng (Panax ginseng), auch Asiatischer Ginseng oder Koreanischer Ginseng genannt und trivial unter anderem als Gilgen, Samwurzel oder Kraftwurzel bezeichnet, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Araliengewächse (Araliaceae). Sie kommt hauptsächlich in Gebirgs- und Waldregionen im nördlichen Korea, im nordöstlichen China und im südöstlichen Sibirien vor. Zur Gewinnung der Wurzeln als Basis für die Erzeugung von medizinisch-pharmazeutischen Produkten wird sie weltweit kultiviert. Neben dieser ostasiatischen Art werden weitere Arten der Gattung Panax (z. B. Chinesischer Ginseng: Panax pseudoginseng bzw. Panax notoginseng) und einige gattungsfremde Pflanzenarten trivial ebenfalls als Ginseng bezeichnet.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Collections
- MICH, US, GH, MO, BRIT, A
- Recorded in
- Russia, Russian Federation, China, Malaysia, United States, Japan, South Korea, Russie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Panax
- Image
- Ginsengpflanze.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Panax ginseng
- taxon name
- Panax ginseng
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Panax ginseng
- topic's main category
- Category:Panax
- taxon common name
- ženšen
- this taxon is source of
- ginseng
- taxon range
- China
- short name
- P. ginseng
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Encyclopedic overview
Panax ginseng, ginseng, also known as Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng or Korean ginseng, is a species of plant whose root is the original source of ginseng. It is a perennial plant that grows in the mountains of East Asia. It is mainly cultivated in China, Korea, Russia, and Japan.
P. ginseng is an herbaceous perennial plant, 30–60 cm tall, with palmately compound leaves, serrated leaflets, a terminal umbel of 30–50 flowers, red round fruits, and kidney-shaped seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panax ginseng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.