Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lippia origanoides Kunth [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alecrim-de-tabuleiro	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alecrim-do-mato	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alecrim-pimenta	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
amerikanisches oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba dulce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kiawîkwimî	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mexican oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican sage	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican-sage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexikansk oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oregano	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
oregano cimmaron	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
origan marjolaine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orégano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
orégano chico	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
pepper rosmarin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pepper-rosmarin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
redbrush lippia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
salva do campo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
scented lippia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scented matgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Aerial portion		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lippia berlandieri Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 575 (1847), nom. illeg.
Lippia graveolens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 267 (1818).
Lippia microphylla Cham. Linnaea 7: 226 (1832).
Lippia palmeri S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 67 (1889).
Lippia sidoides Cham. Linnaea 7: 224 (1832).
Goniostachyum graveolens (Kunth) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1012 (1903).
Lantana origanoides M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 327 (1844).
Lantana origanoides var. sampaionis Herter Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 18: 13 (1916).
Lippia affinis Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 576 (1847).
Lippia berlandieri Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 127 (1859), nom. illeg.
Lippia berlandieri M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 327 (1844).
Lippia berteroi Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 752 (1825).
Lippia candicans Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 86 (1906).
Lippia elegans Cham. Linnaea 7: 225 (1832).
Lippia elegans var. macrophylla Moldenke Phytologia 55: 42 (1984).
Lippia elegans var. obtusifolia Moldenke Phytologia 19: 319 (1970).
Lippia glandulosa Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 577 (1847).
Lippia graveolens f. loeseneriana Moldenke Phytologia 52: 130 (1982).
Lippia graveolens f. macrophylla Moldenke Phytologia 49: 431 (1981).
Lippia graveolens f. microphylla Moldenke Phytologia 50: 13 (1981).
Lippia mattogrossensis Moldenke Phytologia 1: 468 (1940).
Lippia microphylla Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 52 (1840), nom. illeg.
Lippia microphylla var. fasciculata Hiern Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1877-1878: 97 (1877).
Lippia microphylla var. foliis-acutiusculis Hiern Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1877-1878: 97 (1877), not validly publ.
Lippia obscura Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1155 (1904).
Lippia origanoides var. sampaionis Herter Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 18: 29 (1916).
Lippia palmeri f. spicata (Rose) Moldenke Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).
Lippia palmeri var. spicata Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 75 (1890).
Lippia pendula Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 116 (1912).
Lippia polycephala Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 307 (1904).
Lippia polycephala var. aemilii Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1155 (1904).
Lippia rigida Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 577 (1847).
Lippia rivalis Moldenke Phytologia 45: 37 (1980).
Lippia rubiginosa Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 574 (1847).
Lippia rubiginosa var. dives Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 575 (1847).
Lippia rubiginosa var. pauper Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 575 (1847).
Lippia salviifolia Cham. Linnaea 7: 227 (1832).
Lippia schomburgkiana Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 577 (1847).
Lippia sidoides f. flaccida Hayek Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 295 (1908).
Lippia velutina Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 576 (1847).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lippia berlandieri Schauer	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Lippia graveolens	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Lippia graveolens H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia graveolens Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lippia microphylla Cham.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Lippia origanoides H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia origanoides Kunth	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lippia palmeri S. Watson	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lippia sidoides Cham.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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