Taxon:  Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Y. Wu & K. M. Feng



Summary
Genus:
Panax
Subgenus:
Panax
Section:
Panax
Series:
Notoginseng
Family:
Araliaceae
Subfamily:
Aralioideae
Nomen number:
402651
Place of publication:
J. Zhou et al., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(2):41.  1975
Verified:
04/30/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Aralia quinquefolia (L.) Decne. & Planch. var. notoginseng Burkill

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panax pseudoginseng Wall. var. notoginseng (Burkill) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng (Burkill) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
  5. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae
  6. Hara, H. 1970. On the Asiatic species of the genus Panax. J. Jap. Bot. 45:208. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng Wall.?
  7. Hoo, G. & C.-J. Tseng. 1973. On the Chinese species of Panax Linn. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11:435. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng (Burkill) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng
  8. Hu, S. Y. 1976. The genus Panax (ginseng) in Chinese medicine. Econ. Bot. 30:24.
  9. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  10. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa
  13. Wen, J. & E. A. Zimmer. 1996. Phylogeny and biogeography of Panax L. (The ginseng genus, Araliaceae): inferences from ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 6:169.
  14. Wen, J. 2001. Species diversity, nomenclature, phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of the ginseng genus (Panax L., Araliaceae). In: Punja, Z. K., ed., Utilization of biotechnological, genetic and cultural approaches for North American and Asian ginseng improvement. Proceedings of the International Ginseng Workshop 70. Note: lists as Panax notoginseng F. H. Chen ex C. Y. Wu & K. M. Feng
  15. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Chow & W. G. Huang
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishnotoginseng  1Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Englishsanchi ginseng as Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng1American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
Englishsan-qi ginseng as Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng1American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
EnglishSouth China ginseng  1Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa
Englishtienchi ginseng as Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng1American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
Transcribed Chinesesan qi  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Chow & W. G. Huang
Transcribed Chinesetian qi  2Wen, J. 2001. Species diversity, nomenclature, phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of the ginseng genus (Panax L., Araliaceae). In: Punja, Z. K., ed., Utilization of biotechnological, genetic and cultural approaches for North American and Asian ginseng improvement. Proceedings of the International Ginseng Workshop 70. Note: lists as Panax notoginseng F. H. Chen ex C. Y. Wu & K. M. Feng
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.e.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Chow & W. G. Huang
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam n.Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng (s.e.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam (n.)
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)

Reference(s)
  1. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae
  2. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Chow & W. G. Huang
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialschemicalsmostly saponins & other polysaccharidesLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinesfolkloreas Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginsengMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
Medicinesfolkloreas Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginsengDuke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: as Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402651. Accessed 9 May 2026.