| Synurus | |
|---|---|
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| Synurus pungens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Onopordinae |
| Genus: | Synurus Iljin |
| Type species | |
| Synurus atriplicifolius (Treviranus) Iljin
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Synurus is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae of the family Asteraceae.[1][2] Species of the genus are found in Asia.
Synurus species have a thick stem up to 1.5 meters tall. They produce large, nodding, spherical flower heads up to 6 centimeters wide with purple florets.[3]
The anti-inflammatory properties of these species as a herbal remedy have been well studied.[4][5][6] They are eaten as a wild vegetable in Korea.[7]
- Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai - Russia (Chita, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Mongolia, Japan, Korea
- Synurus excelsus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
- Synurus palmatopinnatifidus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
- Synurus pungens (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. - Japan
- formerly included[8]
see Olgaea
- Synurus diabolicus - Olgaea lomonossowii
- ^ Iljin, Modest Mikhaĭlovich. 1926. Botanicheskie materialy Gerbariya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada S S S R 6: 35
- ^ Tropicos, Synurus rIljin
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 山牛蒡属 shan niu bang shu Synurus Iljin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 35. 1926.
- ^ Park, J. H., et al. (2004). Antiinflammatory activity of Synurus deltoides. Phytotherapy Research 18(11) 930-33.
- ^ Choi, Y. H., et al. (2005). New anti-inflammatory formulation containing Synurus deltoides extract. Archives of Pharmacal Research 28(7) 848-53.
- ^ Jiang, Y., et al. (2013). Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of different solvent fractions from ethanol extract of Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai leaves. Food Science and Biotechnology 22(1) 215-23.
- ^ Lim, H. T. (1997). Evaluation of popular mountain vegetables in Korea using molecular markers. HortScience 32(3) 454.
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ The Plant List search for Synurus