Plant Details

Accepted name:

Adonis vernalis L. [Ranunculaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adonide	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
adonide de printemps	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
adonide de printemps,	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
adonide gialla	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
adonidis herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
adonidis herba, herba adonidis	Pharmaceutical	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
adonis	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
adonis de primavera	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
adonis de printemps	Other	Les Fleurs Sauvages (Grey-Wilson, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
adonis du printemps	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
adonis printanière	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
adonis vernalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
adonis, spring	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
adoniskraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
adonisroeschen	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
adonisröschen-fruhlings	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
botón de oro	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eliboro falso	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
false hellebore	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
frühlings-adonisröschen	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
frühlings-adonisröschenkraut (ge)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
goricwiet vesinnij	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
goritsvet vecennij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
herb d'adonide (fr)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
herb of spring adonis (en)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
herba adonidis vernalis	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
mitek wiosenny (pi)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
ojo de perdiz	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
ox eye	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
oxeye	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pheasant's eye	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
pheasant's-eye	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pheasant׳s eye	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
spring adonis	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Species in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
spring pheasant׳s eye	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
våradonis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yellow pheasant's eye	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yellow pheasant׳s eye	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
yerba de adonis (sp)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
herb		Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	tincture, vegetal drug, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Adonanthe vernalis (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 228 (1838).
Adoniastrum vernale (L.) Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 27 (1877).
Adonis dahurica Ledeb. ex Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 4: 21 (1826).
Adonis helleborus Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 82 (1763).
Adonis parviflora Janka ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 4 (1878), not validly publ.
Adonis pratensis Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 24 (1841).
Adonis vernalis var. acutiflora Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 277 (1822).
Adonis vernalis f. adulta Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 280 (1822).
Adonis vernalis var. alpina Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 5 (1866).
Adonis vernalis var. anemoniflora Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 277 (1822).
Adonis vernalis var. bipinnatifida Regel & Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 37(I): 394 (1864).
Adonis vernalis var. grandiflora Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 277 (1822).
Adonis vernalis f. mentzeliana DC. ex Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 280 (1822).
Adonis vernalis var. parviflora Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 277 (1822).
Adonis vernalis var. serotina Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 277 (1822).
Anemone consiligo Baill. Icon. Fl. Fr.: t. 327 (1890).
Chrysocyathus vernalis (L.) Holub Preslia 70: 103 (1998).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Adonis vernalis	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Species in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Adonis vernalis L.	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Fleurs Sauvages (Grey-Wilson, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Adonis vernalis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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