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Anisodus
Anisodus luridus leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Anisodus Link ex Sprengel?

Anisodus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae.

Habitat

It is native to China, Tibet, India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Medicinal uses

One species, A. tanguticus (Chinese: 山莨菪; pinyin: shān làngdàng), is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Species

• Anisodus acutangulus C. Y. Wu & C. Chen
  • Anisodus acutangulus var. acutangulus
  • Anisodus acutangulus var. breviflorus C. Y. Wu & C. Chen
• Anisodus carniolicoides (C. Y. Wu & C. Chen) D'Arcy & Z. Y. Zhang
• Anisodus luridus Link
• Anisodus mariae Pascher
• Anisodus tanguticus (Maximowicz) Pascher

External links

• Anisodus page

From Wikispecies

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Solanales
Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Solanoideae
Genus: Anisodus
Species: A. acutangulus - A. carniolicoides - A. luridus - A. tanguticus

Name

Anisodus Link ex Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1:699. 1825.

Synonyms

• Whitleya Sweet.

References

• GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
• [Flora of China]

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