Panax Linnaeus. Common name: Ginseng.
A genus of ca. 14 species, perennial herbs, 16 of e. Asia and 1 of e. North America (Plunkett et al. 2018b; Haines 2020a). Wen & Zimmer (1996) and Choi & Wen (2000) studied the phylogeny of Panax using molecular techniques. P. trifolius does not appear to be closely related to any of the other species, and is a basal component of the genus -- or separable as a monotypic genus, Nanopanax (Haines 2020a), as here done. P. quinquefolius is most closely related to P. ginseng C.A. Meyer and P. japonicus C.A. Meyer
References: Choi & Wen (2000); Frodin & Govaerts (2003); Haines (2020a); Lee & Wen (2004); Liu et al. (2018); Plunkett et al. (2018b) In Kadereit & Bittrich (2018); Smith (1944); Wen (2024c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024); Wen & Zimmer (1996); Zuo, Wen, & Zhou (2017). Show full citations.
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© Alan M. Cressler | Panax quinquefolius
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