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Taxon:  Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C. A. Mey.



Summary
Genus:
Panax
Subgenus:
Panax
Section:
Panax
Series:
Panax
Family:
Araliaceae
Subfamily:
Aralioideae
Nomen number:
102778
Place of publication:
Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1:340. 1843
Verified:
11/15/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panax schinseng T. Nees var. japonicus T. Nees

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panax pseudoginseng Wall. subsp. japonicus (T. Nees) H. Hara
Panax pseudoginseng Wall. var. japonicus (T. Nees) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panax repens Maxim.
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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (T. Nees) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  3. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae
  4. Hara, H. 1970. On the Asiatic species of the genus Panax. J. Jap. Bot. 45:209. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng subsp. japonicus (T. Nees) H. Hara
  5. Hoo, G. & C.-J. Tseng. 1973. On the Chinese species of Panax Linn. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11:437. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (T. Nees) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng
  6. Hu, S. Y. 1976. The genus Panax (ginseng) in Chinese medicine. Econ. Bot. 30:27.
  7. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicus (T. Nees) G. Hoo & C. J. Tseng
  8. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. Note: lists as "Panax japonicum"
  12. Wen, J. & E. A. Zimmer. 1996. Phylogeny and biogeography of Panax L. (The ginseng genus, Araliaceae): inferences from ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 6:169.
  13. Wen, J. 2001. Species diversity, nomenclature, phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of the ginseng genus (Panax L., Araliaceae). Utilization of biotechnological, genetic and cultural approaches for North American and Asian ginseng improvement. Proceedings of the International Ginseng Workshop 70.
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
Japanese ginseng –
German
japanischer Ginseng –
Japanese Rōmaji
chikusetsu-ninjin –
satsuma-ninjin –
tochiba-ninjin –
Transcribed Chinese
zhu jie shen –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolkloreas Panax pseudoginseng var. japonicusMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: accepts; "japonica"
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102778. Accessed 9 May 2025.