Synurus

Synurus
Synurus pungens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae[1]
Genus: Synurus
Iljin
Type species
Synurus atriplicifolius
(Treviranus) Iljin
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Synurus is a genus of Asian plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Synurus has a thick stem up to 1.5 meters tall. It produces large, nodding, spherical flower heads up to 6 centimeters wide with purple florets.[4]

The anti-inflammatory properties of the plant as an herbal remedy have been well studied.[5][6][7] It is eaten as a wild vegetable in Korea.[8]

Species[1][9]
  1. Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai - Russia (Chita, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Mongolia, Japan, Korea
  2. Synurus excelsus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
  3. Synurus palmatopinnatifidus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
  4. Synurus pungens (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. - Japan
formerly included[1]

see Olgaea

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Iljin, Modest Mikhaĭlovich. 1926. Botanicheskie materialy Gerbariya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada S S S R 6: 35
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Synurus rIljin
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 山牛蒡属 shan niu bang shu Synurus Iljin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 35. 1926.
  5. ↑ Park, J. H., et al. (2004). Antiinflammatory activity of Synurus deltoides. Phytotherapy Research 18(11) 930-33.
  6. ↑ Choi, Y. H., et al. (2005). New anti-inflammatory formulation containing Synurus deltoides extract. Archives of Pharmacal Research 28(7) 848-53.
  7. ↑ Jiang, Y., et al. (2013). Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of different solvent fractions from ethanol extract of Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai leaves. Food Science and Biotechnology 22(1) 215-23.
  8. ↑ Lim, H. T. (1997). Evaluation of popular mountain vegetables in Korea using molecular markers. HortScience 32(3) 454.
  9. ↑ The Plant List search for Synurus