Sanicula Explained

Sanicula is a genus of plants in family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae), the same family to which the carrot and parsnip belong. This genus has about 45 species worldwide, with at least 22 in North America.^[1] The common names usually include the terms sanicle or black snakeroot.

Etymology

Sanicula comes from sanus, Latin for "healthy", reflecting the use of S. europaea in traditional remedies.^[2]

List of species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Sanicula arctopoides Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula arguta Greene ex J.M.Coult. & Rose
• Sanicula astrantiifolia H.Wolff ex Kretschmer
• Sanicula azorica Guthnick ex Seub.
• Sanicula bipinnata Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula bipinnatifida Douglas
• Sanicula canadensis L.
• Sanicula chinensis Bunge
• Sanicula coerulescens Franch.
• Sanicula crassicaulis Poepp. ex DC.
• Sanicula deserticola C.R.Bell
• Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Sanicula elongata K.T.Fu
• Sanicula epipactis (Scop.) E.H.L.Krause
• Sanicula europaea L.
• Sanicula giraldii H.Wolff
• Sanicula graveolens Poepp. ex DC.
• Sanicula hacquetioides Franch.
• Sanicula hoffmannii (Munz) R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula kaiensis Makino & Hisauti
• Sanicula kauaiensis H.St.John
• Sanicula laciniata Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula lamelligera Hance
• Sanicula liberta Cham. & Schltdl.
• Sanicula marilandica L.
• Sanicula maritima Kellogg ex S.Watson
• Sanicula mariversa Nagata & S.M.Gon
• Sanicula moranii P.Vargas, Constance & B.G.Baldwin
• Sanicula odorata (Raf.) Pryer & Phillippe
• Sanicula orthacantha S.Moore
• Sanicula oviformis X.T.Liu & Z.Y.Liu
• Sanicula peckiana J.F.Macbr.
• Sanicula purpurea H.St.John & Hosaka
• Sanicula rubriflora F.Schmidt
• Sanicula rugulosa Diels
• Sanicula sandwicensis A.Gray
• Sanicula saxatilis Greene
• Sanicula serrata H.Wolff
• Sanicula smallii E.P.Bicknell
• Sanicula tienmuensis R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula tracyi R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula trifoliata E.P.Bicknell
• Sanicula tuberculata Maxim.
• Sanicula tuberosa Torr.
• Sanicula uralensis Kleopow ex Kamelin, Czubarov & Shmakov

External links

• UC CalPhotos gallery of Sanicula species
• CalFlora Database: Sanicula species native to California
• Zipcodezoo.com: Sanicula photos + taxonomy — with distribution map link.

Notes and References

1. Focus on Rarities (from the monthly Yerba Buena Chapter Newsletter) https://archive.today/20120703030116/http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/experience/focus_on_rarities.html (No direct link: click "June 2005 Tuberous Sanicle (Sanicula tuberosa)" in the left-hand sidebar.) Author: Michael Wood. Retrieved 9/9/09.
2. Garden Club of America. Bulletin. 1933. 10. en. America. Garden Club of.