Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gentiana saponaria L. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
harvestbells	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ciminalis saponaria Bercht. & J.Presl Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 1(Gentian.): 11 (1824).
Cuttera saponaria Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 352 (1808).
Dasystephana cherokeensis W.P.Lemmon Bartonia 17: 4 (1935 publ. 1936).
Dasystephana latifolia Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 930 (1903).
Dasystephana puberula (Michx.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 930 (1903).
Dasystephana saponaria (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 930 (1903).
Gentiana axillaris Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 213 (1828), nom. illeg.
Gentiana cherokeensis (W.P.Lemmon) Fernald Rhodora 41: 487 (1939).
Gentiana collinsiana Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 213 (1828).
Gentiana elliottea Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828).
Gentiana elliottii var. latifolia Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 356 (1860).
Gentiana fimbriata Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 46 (1794), nom. illeg.
Gentiana latifolia Britton Man. Fl. N. States, ed. 3: 1085 (1907), nom. illeg.
Gentiana latifolia (Chapm.) Britton Man. Fl. N. States, ed. 3: 1085 (1907), nom. illeg.
Gentiana ochroleuca Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 29 (1813), nom. illeg.
Gentiana puberula Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 176 (1803).
Gentiana rigida Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828).
Gentiana saponaria var. alba Regel Gartenflora 29: 195 (1880).
Gentiana saponaria var. allegheniensis Jenn. Castanea 12: 57 (1947).
Gentiana saponarifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 51 (1812).
Gentiana scaberrima Kusn. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 59 (1893).
Gentiana shortiana Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 211 (1828).
Gentiana torreyana Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828).
Pneumonanthe latifolia (Small) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe michauxii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 194 (1837).
Pneumonanthe puberula (Michx.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe rigida (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 28 (1837).
Pneumonanthe saponaria (L.) F.W.Schmidt Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 68 (1796).
Pneumonanthe torreyana (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 28 (1837).
Xolemia collinsiana (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837).
Xolemia elliotea (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837).
Xolemia shortiana (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837).
Xolemia trachiloma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gentiana saponaria L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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