Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gentiana crassa subsp. rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Halda [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Gentiana crassa Kurz
Infraspecies:: Gentiana crassa subsp. crassa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese gentian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dian long dan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gentianae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jian long dan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
long dan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
longdan	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
longdancao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
radix et rhizoma gentianae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
堅龍膽	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
龍膽	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
龙胆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙胆草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gentiana rigescens Franch. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 134 (1890).
Gentiana rigescens var. stictantha C.Marquand Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 163 (1937).
Dasystephana rigescens (Franch.) J.Sojak Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 200 (1979 publ. 1980).
Gentiana esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 183 (1913).
Gentianodes rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 125: 257 (1972).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gentiana crassa subsp. rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Halda	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Gentiana regescens Franchet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gentiana rigescens	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Gentiana rigescens Franch.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Gentiana rigescens Franch. ex Hemsl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gentiana rigescens Franch. ex Hemsl. var. stictantha Marg.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gentiana ringescens Franch.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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