Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
qi gu cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sagine du japon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tsume-kusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
漆姑草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Spergula japonica Sw. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 164 (1801).
Sagina echinosperma Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 39 (1913).
Sagina sinensis Hance J. Bot. 6: 46 (1868).
Spergularia echinosperma (Hayata) S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 2: 40 (2022), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sagina japonica (Swartz) Ohwi	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sagina japonica (Sweet) Ohwi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Spergula japonica Sw.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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