Non scientific name details for queen-of-the-night - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

queen-of-the-night

1 Accepted name(s) for "queen-of-the-night":

Accepted name
Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose

3 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:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britt. & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose	Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose

10 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "queen-of-the-night":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
cactus grandiflorus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cardón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
königin der nacht	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
large-ed cactus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nattens drottning	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
night-blooming cereus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen of the night	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
reina de la noche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet-scented cactus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vanilla cactus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)