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''Aletris'' (Colicroot, Colicweed, Crow corn, Unicorn root) is a genus of flowering plants in the Nartheciaceae family, native to North America and to eastern and southeastern Asia, especially China.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕〔(Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 77, 粉条儿菜属 fen tiao er cai shu, ''Aletris'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 319. 1753. )〕〔(Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 64, ''Aletris'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 319. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 149. 1754. )〕 It was used as a component in Lydia Pinkham's original Vegetable Compound. It contains diosgenin, a possible estrogen mimic, and is used as a medicinal plant. ==Species== ''Aletris'' species include:〔〔〔(Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps )〕 #''Aletris alpestris'' Diels. - Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan #''Aletris aurea'' Walter - from Texas and Oklahoma to Maryland #''Aletris bracteata'' Northr. - Florida, Bahamas #''Aletris capitata'' F.T.Wang & Tang - Sichuan #''Aletris cinerascens'' F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan, Guangxi #''Aletris farinosa'' L. - Ontario and much of eastern United States #''Aletris foliata'' (Maxim.) Makino & Nemoto - Korea, Japan #''Aletris foliolosa'' Stapf - Sumatra, Sabah, Mindoro #''Aletris foliosa'' (Maxim.) Bureau & Franch. - Japan #''Aletris glabra'' Bureau & Franch. - Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Tibet, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan #''Aletris glandulifera'' Bureau & Franch. - Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan #''Aletris gracilis'' Rendle - Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan #''Aletris laxiflora'' Bureau & Franch. - Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou #''Aletris lutea'' Small - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana #''Aletris megalantha'' F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan #''Aletris nana'' S.C.Chen - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal #''Aletris obovata'' Nash - - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina #''Aletris pauciflora'' (Klotzsch) Hand.-Mazz - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, northern India #''Aletris pedicellata'' F.T.Wang & Tang - Sichuan #''Aletris scopulorum'' Dunn - Shikoku, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang #''Aletris simpliciflora'' R.Li & Shu D.Zhang - Tibet #''Aletris spicata'' (Thunb.) Franch. - Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, much of China #''Aletris stenoloba'' Franch. - Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan #''Aletris × tottenii'' E.T.Browne - Georgia (hybrid, ''A. lutea × A. obovata)'' #''Aletris yaanica'' G.H.Yang - Sichuan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aletris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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