Schisandraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family contains 47 species of lianas in two genera, Schisandra and Kadsura. Plants of the family contain essential oils. The species are native to the tropical to temperate regions of East and SoutheastAsia, Malesia, and the Southeastern United States. 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) â 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 typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Austrobaileyales are an order of basal flowering plants comprising the following families: Family Austrobaileyaceae Family Trimeniaceae Family Illiciaceae (star anise) Family Schisandraceae (schisandra, kadsura) This essentially corresponds to the order Illiciales in the older Cronquist system, which only included the last two families. ... Schisandra (Magnolia Vine) is a genus of shrub commonly grown in gardens. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... A liana is woody climber. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Schisandra (Magnolia Vine) is a genus of shrub commonly grown in gardens. ... An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aromatic compounds extracted from plants. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundary of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...
CAS researchers have achieved fresh progress in their studies of medical plants in the familySchisandraceae, making contributions to the new drug development and the sustainable exploitation of the local resources of herbal medicine.
This unusual combination of the flavors is reflected in schisandra's Chinese name wu-wei-zi, meaning "a fruit of five tastes." Two dozen additional species within its family, Schisandraceae, are also believed to have pharmacological effects.
China is noted for its rich resources of the plants in the family of Schisandraceae.