Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M.Roem. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila (Nutt.) C.K.Schneid.

Amelanchier alnifolia var. semi-integrifolia (Hook.) C.L.Hitchc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alder-leaf shadbush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dwarf shadbush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erlenblättrige felsenbirne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juneberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pacific serviceberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saskatoon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saskatoon serviceberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
saskatoon-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
western juneberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
western serviceberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
western shadbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amelanchier alnifolia var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 739 (1906), not validly publ.
Amelanchier canadensis var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 473 (1840).
Amelanchier diversifolia var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr. in J.C.Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.: 89 (1843).
Amelanchier sanguinea var. alnifolia (Nutt.) P.Landry Bull. Soc. Bot. France 122: 249 (1975).
Aronia alnifolia Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 306 (1818).
Pyrus alnifolia (Nutt.) Lindl. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 98 (1821).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. Ex M. Roem.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. var. alnifolia	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M.Roem.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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