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Dictamnus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to temperate Eurasia from Spain to China. [2] The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [ 1 ]
Dictamnus dasycarpus or Chinese dittany is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native from southeast Siberia to China and Korea. [1] It was first described by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1842. [2] It has also been treated as only a variety of Dictamnus albus. [1]
Dictamnus albus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is also known as burning bush , [ 2 ] dittany , [ 2 ] gas plant [ 2 ] or fraxinella . [ 2 ] This herbaceous perennial has several geographical variants. [ 3 ]
A furoquinoline alkaloid, dictamnine, is very common within the family Rutaceae. It is the main alkaloid in the roots of Dictamnus albus and responsible for the mutagenicity of the drug derived from crude extracts. [2] Dictamnine was also reported to be a phototoxic and photomutagenic compound. [3]
The Rutaceae (/ r uː ˈ t eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family, commonly known as the rue [3] or citrus family, [4] of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales. Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents.
As of December 2023, Plants of the World Online (PoWO) accepted 152 genera in the family Rutaceae. [1] The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (APweb) also accepted about 150 genera, [2] but with some genera accepted by PoWO not accepted and some extra genera. About 140 genera were common to the two lists.
Dictamnus, a herbaceous plant of the family Rutaceae known for its volatile oils native to southern Europe, North Africa, and much of Asia; Euonymus. Euonymus alatus, the winged spindle or winged euonymus, a plant native to eastern Asia common as an ornamental and invasive in North America
Photodermatitis can also be caused by plants such as Ammi majus, parsnip, giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and Dictamnus, a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae with a single species Dictamnus albus, commonly called the burning bush.