Non scientific name details for western brackenfern - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

western brackenfern

2 Accepted name(s) for "western brackenfern":

Accepted name
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Pteridium latiusculum (Desv.) Hieron.

2 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:
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Pteridium aquilinum L.	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underwood ex Heller	Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex A.Heller	Pteridium latiusculum (Desv.) Hieron.

7 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "western brackenfern":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
bracken	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bracken fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brackenfern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
espique	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
helecho	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
northern bracken	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
northern bracken fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)