Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurium cachanlahuen (Molina) B.L.Rob. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cachanlagua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cachanlahue	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cachaulagua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
canchalagua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erythraea chilensis (Willd.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 283 (1805).
Centaurium chilense (Willd.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 (1917).
Centaurium chilense var. humile (Phil.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 (1917).
Centaurium chilense var. paposanum (Phil.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 (1917).
Chironia chilensis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 1067 (1798).
Erythraea cachanlahuen Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 167 (1819).
Erythraea chilensis var. humilis Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 118: 332 (1906).
Erythraea chilensis var. paposana (Phil.) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 118: 332 (1906).
Erythraea pallida Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 787 (1819).
Erythraea paposana Phil. Fl. Atacam.: 35 (1860).
Gentiana cachanlahuen Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 147 (1782).
Gentiana canchalagua Paláu Parte Práct. Bot. 8: 22 (1788).
Gentiana peruviana Lam. Encycl. 2: 642 (1788).
Hippion cachalahuan F.W.Schmidt Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 11 (1796).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurium cachanlahuen (Molina) B. L. Rob.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Centaurium cachanlahuen (Molina) B.L. Rob.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Centaurium cachanlahuen (Molina) B.L.Rob.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Centaurium cachanlahuen (Molina) Robinson	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Erythraea chilensis Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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