TAXONOMY 
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Official drug 
Staphisagria 
Cimicifuga 
Pulsatilla N.F. 
Coptis N.F. 
Adonis N.F. 
Delphinium N.F. 
Unofficial 
Aconiti Folia 
Helleborus 
Part used 
Seed 
Rhizome and root 
Entire herb 
Entire herb 
Entire herb 
Seeds 
Botanical name 
Delphinium 
Staphisagria 
Cimicifuga 
racemosa 
[ Anemone 
Pulsatilla 
\ Anemone 
| Ludoviciana 
l Anemone pratensis 
Coptis trifolia 
Adonis vernalis 
[ Delphinium 
I Consolida 
j Delphinium 
I , Ajacis 
Habitat 
South Europe, 
Asia Minor 
North America, 
Europe, Asia 
■ Europe 
United States and 
Canada 
Europe 
Europe 
Leaves and flower 
tops 
Rhizome and roots 
Aconitum 
Napellus 
Helleborus niger 
Europe, Asia, 
western North 
America 
Alps 
Berberidacece or Barberry Family . — Herbs and woody plants with 
watery juices and alternate, or radical, simple or compound leaves 
often bearing spines or barbs, which give them a barbed appearance. 
Fruit a berry or capsule. 
Official drug 
Berberis N.F. 
Podophyllum 
Caulophyllum 
N.F. 
Part used 
Rhizome and roots 
Rhizome and roots 
Rhizome and roots 
Botanical name 
Berberis species of 
the Sect. 
Odostemon 
Podophyllum 
peltatum 
Caulophyllum 
thalictroides 
Habitat 
Western North 
America 
Eastern North 
America 
Eastern United 
States 
Menispermacece, or Moonseed Family . — Choripetalous woody, 
climbing, tropical plants with alternate, exstipulate, simple often 
peltate leaves. Flowers green to white. Fruit a one-seeded succulent 
drupe. Seeds albuminous. They usually contain tonic, narcotic 
or poisonous bitter principles. 
