Fumaria (fumitory or fumewort, from Latin ', "smoke of the earth") is a genus of about 60 species of annual flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. The genus is native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North, South America and Australia. Fumaria species are sometimes used in herbal medicine. Fumaria indica contains an unusual mix of alkaloids such as fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine. Fumaria indica extracts may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential.
Selected species
There are about 50 species:
- Fumaria abyssinica <small>Hammar</small>
- Fumaria agraria <small>Lag.</small>
- Fumaria ajmasiana <small>Pau & Font Quer</small>
- Fumaria asepala <small>Boiss.</small>
- Fumaria atlantica <small>Coss. & Durieu ex Hausskn.</small>
- Fumaria ballii <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria barnolae <small>Sennen & Pau</small>
- Fumaria bastardii <small>Boreau</small>
- Fumaria berberica <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria bicolor <small>Sommier ex Nicotra</small>
- Fumaria bracteosa <small>Pomel</small>
- Fumaria × burnatii <small>Verg.</small>
- Fumaria capitata <small>Lidén</small>
- Fumaria capreolata <small>L.</small>
- Fumaria coccinea <small>R.T.Lowe ex Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria daghestanica <small>Michajlova</small>
- Fumaria densiflora <small>DC.</small>
- Fumaria dubia <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria erostrata <small>(Pugsley) Lidén</small>
- Fumaria faurei <small>(Pugsley) M.Linden</small>
- Fumaria flabellata <small>Gasp.</small>
- Fumaria × gagrica <small>Michajlova</small>
- Fumaria gaillardotii <small>Boiss.</small>
- Fumaria indica <small>(Hausskn.) Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria judaica <small>Boiss.</small>
- Fumaria kralikii <small>Jord.</small>
- Fumaria macrocarpa <small>Parl.</small>
- Fumaria macrosepala <small>Boiss.</small>
- Fumaria mairei <small>Pugsley ex Maire</small>
- Fumaria maurorum <small>Maire</small>
- Fumaria melillaica <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria microstachys <small>Kralik ex Hausskn.</small>
- Fumaria mirabilis <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria montana <small>J.A.Schmidt</small>
- Fumaria munbyi <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small>
- Fumaria muralis <small>Sond. ex W.D.J.Koch</small>
- Fumaria normanii <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria occidentalis <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria officinalis <small>L.</small>
- Fumaria ouezzanensis <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria parviflora <small>Lam.</small>
- Fumaria petteri <small>Rchb.</small>
- Fumaria platycarpa <small>Lidén</small>
- Fumaria pugsleyana <small>(Pugsley) Lidén</small>
- Fumaria purpurea <small>Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria ragusina <small>(Pugsley) Pugsley</small>
- Fumaria reuteri <small>Boiss.</small>
- Fumaria rifana <small>Lidén</small>
- Fumaria rostellata <small>Knaf</small>
- Fumaria rupestris <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small>
- Fumaria schleicheri <small>Soy.-Will.</small>
- Fumaria schrammii <small>Velen.</small>
- Fumaria segetalis <small>(Hammar) Cout.</small>
- Fumaria sepium <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small>
- Fumaria skottsbergii <small>Lidén</small>
- Fumaria vaillantii <small>Loisel.</small>