Ginsengs
Panax
The Panax (ginseng) genus belongs to the Araliaceae (ivy) family. Panax species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Panax is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and east North American distribution. Furthermore, this disjunct distribution is asymmetric as only two of the ~18 species in genus are native to North America.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
dwarf ginseng
speciesPanax trifolius
American ginseng
speciesPanax quinquefolius
Panax japonicus
speciesPanax japonicus
Ginseng
speciesPanax ginseng
Panax bipinnatifidus
speciesPanax bipinnatifidus
Panax pseudoginseng
speciesPanax pseudoginseng
Panax notoginseng
speciesPanax notoginseng
Panax vietnamensis
speciesPanax vietnamensis
Panax zingiberensis
speciesPanax zingiberensis
Panax wangianus
speciesPanax wangianus
Panax stipuleanatus
speciesPanax stipuleanatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 31)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.35
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.421
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.295
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.310
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.48
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.35
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.7
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.44
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.70
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.96
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 8)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.133
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 30)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.50
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116336.