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Tanacetum parthenium is a species within the family Asteraceae, also classified under Compositae. It belongs to the genus Tanacetum and is part of the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted under the authority (L.) Sch.Bip. Common names for this plant include feverfew, Mutterkraut, Moederkruid, moederkruid, Manzanilla, manzanilla criolla, and altamiza.
Records of Tanacetum parthenium are documented in Canada and Mexico. Institutional collections holding records include the University of Alberta Museums, TEX, INECOL, SEMAHN, and UNICACH. The species has an occurrence count of 142,738 and a record count of 2,512, with 1,607 media items associated with these records.
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Vinony's link graph records 141 inbound references to Tanacetum parthenium, and connects out to Asteraceae, United States Department of Agriculture and plant.
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Species
Feverfew
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
IV, V, RM, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,512
- With media
- 1,607
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, TEX, INECOL, SEMAHN, UNICACH, FCAGRI-UAEM
- Recorded in
- Canada, Mexico
Research
339 papers- Tanacetum parthenium enhances pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors.Avicenna journal of phytomedicine · 2020
- Tanacetum parthenium and Salix alba (Mig-RL) combination in migraine prophylaxis: a prospective, open-label study.Clinical drug investigation · 2006
- A Comparison between Bulgarian Tanacetum parthenium Essential Oil from Two Different Locations.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Feverfew.2006
- Parthenium dermatitis.Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug · 2007
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Wikidata facts
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- Tanacetum parthenium
- taxon common name
- materine drobtinice
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- Tanacetum parthenium
- short name
- T. parthenium
- taxon author citation
- L. Sch. Bip.
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Encyclopedic overview
Tanacetum parthenium, known as feverfew, is a flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It may be grown as an ornament, and may be identified by its synonyms, Chrysanthemum parthenium and Pyrethrum parthenium. Having its origin in the Balkans region, it is now distributed worldwide.
Although long used in traditional medicine, there is no clinical evidence that it has any therapeutic effects.
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