Plant Details

Accepted name:: Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. [Myricaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bräkenpors	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet fern	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
sweet-fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Myrica aspleniifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 1024 (1753).
Comptonia aspleniifolia (L.) L'Hér. in W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 334 (1789).
Comptonia ceterach Mirb. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 2: t. 11 (1804).
Comptonia peregrina var. aspleniifolia (L.) Fernald Rhodora 40: 410 (1938).
Comptonia peregrina var. tomentosa A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 196 (1901).
Liquidambar aspleniifolia L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1418 (1763).
Liquidambar peregrina L. Sp. Pl.: 999 (1753).
Myrica aspleniifolia var. tomentosa (A.Chev.) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952).
Myrica comptonia C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 151 (1864).
Myrica peregrina (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Comptonia peregrina (L.) J. M. Coult.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Comptonia peregrina Coulter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Myrica asplenifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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