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Non-scientific name:

bai shao

1 Accepted name(s) for "bai shao":

Accepted name
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	peeled and dried root	root
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.		root with bark, root without bark
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Paeonia lactiflora Pallas	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	root	root
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "bai shao":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
chi shao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinesische pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
common garden peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jeogjagyag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
luktpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paeoniae alba radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
radix paeoniae alba	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
red peony root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shao yao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white peony bark	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
white peony root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
白芍	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)