Coptis (Gold Thread or Goldenthread) is a genus of between 10-15 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ranunculales are an order of flowering plants, which belong among the basal eudicots. ... Genera See text The Ranunculaceae are a family of flowers in the order Ranunculales. ... Richard Anthony Salisbury (May 2, 1761 - 1829) was a British botanist. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Genera See text The Ranunculaceae are a family of flowers in the order Ranunculales. ... See also: Asian and Eurasian World map showing Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
Selected species
Coptis aspleniifolia
Coptis chinensis
Coptis deltoidea
Coptis japonica
Coptis laciniata
Coptis occidentalis
Coptis omeiensis
Coptis quinquefolia
Coptis quinquesecta
Coptis teeta
Coptis trifolia
Coptis occidentalis fruit
Uses
Coptis teeta is used as a medicinal herb in the Himalayan regions of India, used as a bitter tonic for dyspepsia. A herb (pronounced hurb in Commonwealth English and urb in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. ...
Made into a paste, salve, powder, or infusion, it is said to improve digestion, restore appetite, and relieve inflammation of the stomach. It is also employed to assist the treatment of alcoholism. Alcoholism is a multifactorial condition based upon possibly both genetic and environmental factors which is best explained as a continued detrimental use of alcohol or other sedatives despite ones best interest. ...
Coptis, a low-growing relative of the peony, is native to the mountains of China.
Coptis is an east Asian relative of the American herb goldenseal.
Coptis kills the organisms that cause giardiasis and trichmoniasis infections of the urinary tract, and treats both eye disorders and osteomyelitis, a bone infection of the fingers.
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