Sanicula

Sanicula is a genus of plants in family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae),^[1] the same family to which the carrot and parsnip belong. This genus has about 45 species worldwide, with at least 22 in North America.^[2] The common names usually include the terms sanicle or black snakeroot.

Sanicula
Sanicula europaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Saniculeae
Genus:	Sanicula L.[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Aulosolena Koso-Pol. Diapensia Hill, nom. illeg. Dondia Spreng., nom. illeg. Dondisia Rchb. Hacquetia Neck. ex DC. Hesperogeton Koso-Pol. Triclinium Raf.

Etymology

Sanicula comes from sanus, Latin for "healthy", reflecting the use of S. europaea in traditional remedies.^[3]

List of species

As of December 2022^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

• Sanicula arctopoides Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula arguta Greene ex J.M.Coult. & Rose
• Sanicula astrantiifolia H.Wolff ex Kretschmer
• Sanicula azorica Guthnick ex Seub.
• Sanicula bipinnata Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula bipinnatifida Douglas
• Sanicula canadensis L.
• Sanicula chinensis Bunge
• Sanicula coerulescens Franch.
• Sanicula crassicaulis Poepp. ex DC.
• Sanicula deserticola C.R.Bell
• Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Sanicula elongata K.T.Fu
• Sanicula epipactis (Scop.) E.H.L.Krause
• Sanicula europaea L.
• Sanicula giraldii H.Wolff
• Sanicula graveolens Poepp. ex DC.
• Sanicula hacquetioides Franch.
• Sanicula hoffmannii (Munz) R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula kaiensis Makino & Hisauti
• Sanicula kauaiensis H.St.John
• Sanicula laciniata Hook. & Arn.
• Sanicula lamelligera Hance
• Sanicula liberta Cham. & Schltdl.
• Sanicula marilandica L.
• Sanicula maritima Kellogg ex S.Watson
• Sanicula mariversa Nagata & S.M.Gon
• Sanicula moranii P.Vargas, Constance & B.G.Baldwin
• Sanicula odorata (Raf.) Pryer & Phillippe
• Sanicula orthacantha S.Moore
• Sanicula oviformis X.T.Liu & Z.Y.Liu
• Sanicula peckiana J.F.Macbr.
• Sanicula purpurea H.St.John & Hosaka
• Sanicula rubriflora F.Schmidt
• Sanicula rugulosa Diels
• Sanicula sandwicensis A.Gray
• Sanicula saxatilis Greene
• Sanicula serrata H.Wolff
• Sanicula smallii E.P.Bicknell
• Sanicula tienmuensis R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula tracyi R.H.Shan & Constance
• Sanicula trifoliata E.P.Bicknell
• Sanicula tuberculata Maxim.
• Sanicula tuberosa Torr.
• Sanicula uralensis Kleopow ex Kamelin, Czubarov & Shmakov