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Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot, [3] is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America. [4] It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria , included in the poppy family Papaveraceae , and is most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia.
The Haemodoraceae were first described by Robert Brown in 1810, [1] and bear his name as the botanical authority.An alternative name has been Haemodoreae [4]. The fourth Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (unchanged from the earlier APG systems of 2009, 2003 and 1998), also recognizes this family and places it in the order Commelinales, in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
During the 1920s and 1930s, sanguinarine was the chief component of "Pinkard's Sanguinaria Compound," a drug sold by Dr. John Henry Pinkard. Pinkard advertised the compound as "a treatment, remedy, and cure for pneumonia, coughs, weak lungs, asthma, kidney, liver, bladder, or any stomach troubles, and effective as a great blood and nerve tonic."
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The Papaveraceae, / p ə ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r eɪ s i ˌ iː / [2] informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species [3] of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales.
The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος ("géranos"), meaning crane, with reference to the fruit capsule resembling the bird's bill.The specific Latin name sanguineum means 'blood-red'; Linnaeus cites Gaspard Bauhin's 1623 book Pinax theatri botanici as his source for the name, which in turn refers ("sanguinaria radix") to a blood-red root.
Evens, J. San, S. and Taylor, J. (2004). Vegetation classification and mapping of Peoria Wildlife Area, south of New Melones Lake, Tuolumne County, California. California Native Plant Society. Retrieved May 28, 2015. Holmes, T. (1990). Botanical trends in northern California oak woodland. Rangelands Society for Range Management 12 (1) p. 3-7.
Chelidonium majus, the greater celandine, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae.One of two species in the genus Chelidonium, it is native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely in North America.