Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrola elliptica Nutt. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
waxflower shinleaf	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pyrola compacta Jenn. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 455 (1920).
Pyrola hybrida Raf. Autik. Bot.: 101 (1840), nom. illeg.
Pyrola maximowicziana Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 26 (1926).
Pyrola reticulata Raf. ex DC. Prodr. 7: 773 (1839).
Thelaia elliptica Alef. Linnaea 28: 47 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pyrola elliptica Nutt.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pyrola elliptica Nuttal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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