Genus of flowering plants
Apocynum , commonly known as dogbane [ 2] or Indian hemp ,[ 2] is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae . Its name comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον apókunon , from ἀπο- apo- "away" and κύων kúōn "dog",[ 3] referring to dogbane (Cionura erecta ),[ 4] which was used to poison dogs.[ 5] The genus is native to North America , temperate Asia , and southeastern Europe .[ 1] [ 6] [ 7]
Apocynum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the mouse moth and the queen butterfly .
Uses
Apocynum cannabinum is used as a source of fiber by Native Americans . Apocynum venetum (Chinese : 羅布麻 ) is used as an herbal tea in China .[ 8] Dogbane contains cymarin , a cardiotonic agent formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia in humans.[ 9]
Species
Almost 300 names have been proposed in the genus for species, subspecies, and forms.[ 1] As of 2019[update] , only the following five species and hybrids are currently recognized, with several subspecies and varieties accepted for A. androsaemifolium and A. venetum (see their respective species pages).[ 10]
References
^ a b c "Apocynum " . World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 21, 2014 .
^ a b English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF) . Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum . 2015. p. 517. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service .
^ http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/coopext/plantdetail.do?sna=Apocynum+androsaemifolium&image=0 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Colorado Plant Database
^ ἀπόκυνον in Liddell, Henry George ; Scott, Robert (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon , revised and augmented throughout by Jones, Sir Henry Stuart , with the assistance of McKenzie, Roderick. Oxford: Clarendon Press. In the Perseus Digital Library , Tufts University.
^ Dempster, Lauramay T. (1993). "Apocynum " . In Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California . University and Jepson Herbaria.
^ Li, Bingtao; Leeuwenberg, Antony J. M.; Middleton, David J. "Apocynum " . Flora of China . Vol. 16 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden , St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria , Cambridge, MA.
^ "Apocynum " . County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) . Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2013.
^ Xiong, Q; Fan, W; Tezuka, Y; Adnyana, IK; Stampoulis, P; Hattori, M; Namba, T; Kadota, S (2000). "Hepatoprotective effect of Apocynum venetum and its active constituents". Planta Med . 66 (2): 127– 33. doi :10.1055/s-2000-11135 . PMID 10763585 . S2CID 25960011 .
^ National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Cymarine
^ "Apocynum L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 17 June 2019 .
External links
Media related to Apocynum at Wikimedia Commons