Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese pyrola	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
herba pyrolae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
lu sian tsao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lu xian cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
luticao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
luxiancao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pyrola herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pyrolae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鹿衔草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹿蹄草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鹿銜草	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. chinensis (Andres) Andres Oesterr. Bot. Z. 64: 49 (1914).
Pyrola andresii Křísa Bot. Not. 120: 428 (1967).
Pyrola calliantha var. tibetana (Andres) Y.L.Chou Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(4): 116 (1981).
Pyrola hopeiensis Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 743 (1939).
Pyrola rockii Křísa Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 70 (1969).
Pyrola rotundifolia var. chinensis Andres Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 22: 35 (1911).
Pyrola rotundifolia var. communis Andres Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 22: 35 (1911).
Pyrola rotundifolia var. laurifolia Andres Oesterr. Bot. Z. 61: 36 (1911).
Pyrola rotundifolia var. sphaeroides Andres Oesterr. Bot. Z. 61: 36 (1911).
Pyrola rotundifolia var. tibetana Andres Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 22: 36 (1911).
Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. tibetana (Andres) Andres Oesterr. Bot. Z. 64: 50 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pyrola calliantha Andres	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pyrola calliantha H. Andr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrola calliantha H. Andres	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrola calliantha H.Andr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrola rotundifolia L. subsp. chinensis Anderson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrola rotundifolia L. subsp. chinensis H.Andr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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