Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hemionitis viridis (Forssk.) Christenh. [Pteridaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pellaea viridis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw. Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 127 (1806).
Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 420 (1882).
Adiantum viride (Forssk.) Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 104 (1794).
Allosorus adiantoides C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 153 (1836).
Allosorus viridis (Forssk.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891).
Cassebeera viridis (Forssk.) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 282 (1931).
Cheilanthes hastata var. canonica Kunze Linnaea 10: 532 (1836).
Cheilanthes hastata var. stenophylla Kunze Linnaea 10: 533 (1836).
Cheilanthes macrophylla Kunze Linnaea 23: 244, 307 (1850).
Cheilanthes viridis var. glauca (Sim) Schelpe & N.C.Anthony Contr. Bolus Herb. 10: 155 (1982).
Cheilanthes viridis var. macrophylla (Kunze) Schelpe & N.C.Anthony Contr. Bolus Herb. 10: 155 (1982).
Oeosporangium viride (Forssk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 263 (2016).
Pellaea adiantoides J.Sm. Cat. Ferns Kew: 4 (1856).
Pellaea hastata var. glauca Sim Handb. Ferns Kaffraria: 30 (1891).
Pellaea macrophylla (Kunze) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 129 (1852).
Pellaea viridis var. canonica (Kunze) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Adiant.: 20 (2002).
Pellaea viridis var. glauca (Sim) Sim Ferns S. Afr., ed. 2: 209 (1915).
Platyloma adiantoides E.J.Lowe Ferns 3: t. 33 (1857).
Pteridella viridis (Forssk.) Mett. ex Kuhn in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 16 (1879).
Pteris adiantoides Bory ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 391 (1810).
Pteris auriculata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 172 (1800).
Pteris elliptica Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 714 (1804).
Pteris hastata Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 69 (1801), nom. illeg.
Pteris hastifolia Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1818: 917 (1818).
Pteris polymorpha Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 719 (1804).
Pteris viridis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 186 (1775).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Hemionitis viridis (Forssk.) Christenh.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Pellaea viridis Prantl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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