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Rehmannia
Sign in to saveRehmannia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales and family Orobanchaceae, which is native to China and Japan. It has been placed as the only member of the monotypic tribe Rehmannieae, but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that it forms a clade with Triaenophora. Contrary to the vast majority of the taxa of Orobanchaceae, Rehmannia is not parasitic.
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- Systematics
- Etymology
- Homonymy
- Classification
- Species list
- Uses
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Chemical constituents
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Rehmannia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales and family Orobanchaceae, which is native to China and Japan. It has been placed as the only member of the monotypic tribe Rehmannieae, but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that it forms a clade with Triaenophora. Contrary to the vast majority of the taxa of Orobanchaceae, Rehmannia is not parasitic.
==Systematics== ===Etymology=== Rehmannia is named for Joseph Rehmann (1788–1831), a physician who worked in St. Petersburg.