{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family}} {{hatnote|For the Roman smokehouses used for aging wine, see Fumarium.}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Fumaria.jpg |image_caption = ''Fumaria officinalis'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Fumaria |authority = L. |type_species = ''Fumaria officinalis'' |type_species_authority = L. }}
'''''Fumaria''''' ('''fumitory''' or '''fumewort''', from Latin ''{{lang|la|fumus terrae}}'', "smoke of the earth") is a genus of about 60 species<ref>Murphy, R.J. (2009)b Fumitories of Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 12. {{ISBN|9780901158406}}</ref> 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.<ref>Lidén, Magnus. 1986. Synopsis of ''Fumarioideae'' (Papaveraceae) with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Botanica 88, Copenhagen, Denmark</ref> ''Fumaria'' species are sometimes used in herbal medicine. ''Fumaria indica'' contains an unusual mix of alkaloids such as fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine.<ref>Pandey MB, Singh AK, Singh JP, Singh VP, Pandey VB .,"Fuyuziphine, a new alkaloid from ''Fumaria indica''."'' Nat Prod Res'' 2008 Apr 15;22(6):533-536</ref><ref>http://www.mycobiology.or.kr/Upload/files/MYCOBIOLOGY/35(3)%20157-158.pdf {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> ''Fumaria indica'' extracts may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential.<ref>Rao CV, Verma AR, Gupta PK, Vijayakumar M.,"Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of ''Fumaria indica'' whole plant extract in experimental animals." ''Acta Pharm.'' 2007 Dec;57(4):491-498</ref>
==Selected species== There are about 50 species:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Papaveraceae/Fumaria/ |title=''Fumaria'' |work=The Plant List |accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=21em}} *''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> {{div col end}}
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Category:Fumaria Category:Papaveraceae genera