Sanicula

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Illustration_Sanicula_europaea0.jpg

|image_caption = Sanicula europaea

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|taxon = Sanicula

|authority = L.{{cite web |title=Sanicula L.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325956-2 |access-date=2022-12-24 }}

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|subdivision = See text.

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{{Genus list

|Aulosolena|Koso-Pol.

|Diapensia|Hill, nom. illeg.

|Dondia|Spreng., nom. illeg.

|Dondisia|Rchb.

|Hacquetia|Neck. ex DC.

|Hesperogeton|Koso-Pol.

|Triclinium|Raf.

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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.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. 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.{{cite journal|title=Garden Club of America|journal=Bulletin|date=1933|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d28LAQAAMAAJ&q=Sanicula+europaea+sanus|language=en|last1=America|first1=Garden Club of}}

List of species

{{As of|2022|December}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

References

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