Genus Panax L.


Summary
Genus number:
8785
Last updated:
2 April 2006
Family:
Araliaceae
Subfamily:
Aralioideae
Common name(s):

ginseng
Accession count:

43 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


Synonyms
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Subdivisions of Panax L.
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References:
  1. Choi, H.-K. & J. Wen. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of Panax (Araliaceae): Integrating cpDNA restriction site and nuclear rDNA ITS sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 224:109-120.
  2. Lee, C. & J. Wen. 2004. Phylogeny of Panax using chloroplast trnC-trnD intergenic region and the utility of trnC-trnD in interspecific studies of plants. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 31:894-903.
  3. 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. 6:167-177.
  4. Zhu, S. et al. 2003. Phylogenetic relationship in the genus Panax: inferred from chloroplast trnK gene and nuclear 18S rRNA gene sequences. Pl. Med. (Stuttgart) 69:647-653.
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/taxonomygenus?id=8785. Accessed 15 April 2026.