Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
maodadingcao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
毛大丁草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
毛大丁草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Piloselloides hirsuta (Forssk.) C.Jeffrey ex Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 37(3, Suppl.): 1180 (1967).
Arnica hirsuta Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 151 (1775).
Arnica piloselloides L. Pl. Rar. Afr.: 22 (1760).
Doronicum arabicum Lam. Encycl. 2: 316 (1786).
Doronicum piloselloides (L.) Lam. Encycl. 2: 314 (1786).
Epiclinastrum candollei Bojer ex DC. Prodr. 7: 19 (1838).
Gerbera aberdarica R.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. 9: 160 (1928).
Gerbera amabilis Hance Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 947 (1852).
Gerbera candollei Sch.Bip. Flora 27: 780 (1844).
Gerbera hirsuta Less. Linnaea 5: 298 (1830).
Gerbera humilis Sch.Bip. Flora 27: 779 (1844).
Gerbera ovalifolia DC. Prodr. 7: 17 (1838).
Gerbera peregrina Steenis Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14: 61 (1936).
Gerbera piloselloides var. concolor Sch.Bip. Flora 27: 779 (1844).
Gerbera schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 27 (1841).
Gerbera waandersiana Zoll. ex Steenis Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14: 61 (1936).
Inula rungwensis Beentje Kew Bull. 54: 100 (1999).
Lasiopus candollei DC. Prodr. 7: 19 (1838).
Leptica ciliata E.Mey. ex DC. Prodr. 7: 17 (1838), not validly publ.
Perdicium piloselloides (L.) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 615 (1898), nom. illeg.
Pseudoseris rutenbergii Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 282 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gerbera piloselloides Cass.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gerbera piloselloides Cosson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gerera piloselloides Cass.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Piloselloides hirsuta (Forssk.) C.Jeffrey ex Cufod.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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