Family Tree

Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass Magnoliidae

Order Aristolochiales

Family Aristolochiaceae – Birthwort family

Genus Asarum – wildginger

The Asarum genus envelopes a vast array of plants called wild ginger, including the medicinals known in the Chinese materia medica as xixin and duheng.

Species of the genus Asarum include the following:

Asarum arifolium

Asarum bashanense

Asarum campaniflorum

Asarum canadense

Asarum caudatum

Asarum caudigerellum

Asarum caudigerum

Asarum caulescens

Asarum chengkouense

Asarum chinensis

Asarum controversum

Asarum crassisepalum

Asarum crassum

Asarum crispulatum

Asarum debile

Asarum delavayi

Asarum dimidiatum (synonym of Asiasarum dimidiatum)

Asarum epigynum (synonym of Geotaenium epigynum)

Asarum europaeum

Asarum forbesii (synonym of Heterotropa forbesii)

Asarum fukienense

Asarum geophilum (synonym of Geotaenium geophilum)

Asarum gusuk

Asarum hartwegii

Asarum hayatanum

Asarum heterotropioides (synonym of Asiasarum heterotropiodes)

Asarum himalaicum

Asarum hongkongense

Asarum hypogynum

Asarum ichangense

Asarum inflatum

Asarum insignis

Asarum kooyanum

Asarum lemmonii

Asarum leptophyllum

Asarum longerhizomatosum

Asarum macranthum

Asarum magnificum

Asarum majale

Asarum marmoratum

Asarum maruyamae

Asarum maximum

Asarum mikuniense

Asarum mitoanum

Asarum nanchuanense

Asarum nobilissimum

Asarum petelotii

Asarum porphyronotum

Asarum pulchellum

Asarum renicordatum

Asarum sagittarioides

Asarum senkakuinsulare

Asarum sieboldii (synonym of Asiasarum sieboldii)

Asarum splendens

Asarum taipingshanianum

Asarum tohokuense

Asarum tongjiangense

Asarum wagneri

Asarum wulingense

Asarum yunnanense (synonym of Geotaenium yunnanse)

Taxonomy source: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASARU
Asarum species source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asarum