Plant Details

Accepted name:: Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Schischk. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bangpung	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
divaricate laserwort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
divaricate saposhnikovia root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fang feng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fang fong	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fangfeng	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
fángfēng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
guan fang feng	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guard against wind	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
phòng phong	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
radix saposhnikoviae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
saposhnikovia	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
saposhnikovia root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
saposhnikovia root and rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
saposhnikoviae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
siler	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhuyefangfeng	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
ボウフウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
關防風	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
防風	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
防风	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
防风叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
防风花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ledebouriella divaricata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) M.Hiroe Umbell. Asia 1: 92 (1958).
Ledebouriella seseloides (Hoffm.) H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228(43): 192 (1910).
Siler divaricatum (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 186 (1873).
Stenocoelium divaricatum Turcz. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 332 (1844).
Apinella seseliodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 265 (1891).
Cachrys seseloides (Hoffm.) M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 217 (1819).
Johrenia seseloides (Hoffm.) Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 29: 133 (1915 publ. 1916).
Johrenia sieversii Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 29: 133 (1915 publ. 1916), nom. superfl.
Laser divaricatum (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Thell. Monde Pl. 26(153): 4 (1925).
Rumia seseloides Hoffm. Gen. Pl. Umbell., ed. 2: 174 (1816).
Saposhnikovia seseloides Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 488 (1979).
Trinia dahurica Turcz. ex Besser Flora 17(1 Beibl.): 14 (1834).
Trinia seselioides (Hoffm.) Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. 1: 357 (1829).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ledebouriella divaricata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ledebouriella divaricata (Turcz.) Hiroe	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ledebouriella divaricata Hiroe	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ledebouriella seseloides	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ledebouriella seseloides Wolf	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Saposhnikouia diuaricata (Turcz.) Schis-chk.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Saposhnikovia divaricata	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz) Schisch.	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Schischk.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.)Schischk.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turez.) Schischk.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischk.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischkin	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Siler divaricatum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Siler divaricatum (Turcz.) Benth. & Hook. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Siler divaricatum Bentham et Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stenocoelium divaricatum Turcz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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