Plant Details

Accepted name:: Epifagus virginiana (L.) Barton [Orobanchaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beech drops	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
beech-drops	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beechdrop	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
beechdrops	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cancer root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cancer-root	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cancerroot	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
epifagus virginiana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
epiphegus virginiana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epifagus americana Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 60 (1818).
Epifagus virginiana f. atropurpurea Pease Rhodora 54: 140 (1952).
Epifagus virginiana f. pallida Weath. Rhodora 36: 59 (1934).
Epifagus virginiana var. rauana Austin Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 65 (1875).
Leptamnium virginianum Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 194 (1819).
Mylanche virginiana Wallr. Orobanches Gen. Diask.: 76 (1825).
Orobanche virginiana L. Sp. Pl.: 633 (1753).
Orobanche virginica Hill Veg. Syst. 18: 71 (1771).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epifagus virginiana	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Epifagus virginiana (L.) Bart.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Epifagus virginiana (L.) Barton	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Epifagus virginiana (L.) W. Bart.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Epifagus virginiana (L.) W.P.C. Barton	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Epifagus virginiana (L.)w.bart.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Epifagus virginiana Barter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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