''Michauxia'' is a genus of plants in the family
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants bel ...
. It contains 7 known species native to southwestern
Asia
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.
* ''
Michauxia campanuloides''
L'Hér. -
Turkey,
Syria
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,
Lebanon
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,
Palestine
* ''
Michauxia koeieana''
Rech.f. - Iran
* ''
Michauxia laevigata''
Vent. - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey
* ''
Michauxia nuda''
A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq
* ''
Michauxia stenophylla''
Boiss. & Hausskn. in P.E.Boissier - Iran
* ''
Michauxia tchihatcheffii''
Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey
* ''
Michauxia thyrsoidea''
Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier - Turkey
Medicinal properties
Several species of ''Michauxia'' - notably ''M. nuda'' and ''M. tchihatcheffii'' - are used in the treatment of wounds in Turkish folk medicine.
Recent scientific evaluation has confirmed that these plants possess wound-healing, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
[''Journal of Ethnopharmacology'' 2012 Jan 31 Wound healing and anti-inflammatory activities of the Michauxia L'Hérit (Campanulaceae) species native to Turkey. Güvenç A., Akkol E.K., Hürkul M.M., Süntar I. and Keleş H.]
References
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Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera
Taxa described in 1788
Taxa named by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle