Plant Details

Accepted name:

Isatis tinctoria subsp. tinctoria [Brassicaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies of:

Isatis tinctoria L.

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Isatis tinctoria subsp. athoa (Boiss.) Papan.

Isatis tinctoria subsp. parchalensis A.P.Khokhr.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ban lan gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
banlangen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bei ban lan gen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cing dai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
da cing ye	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
da qing ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
daqingye	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
daqinye	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
dyers woad leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
folium isatidis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
indigo	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
indigo leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
indigo naturalis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
indigo woad	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
indigowoad	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
isatidis folium	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
isatidis radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
isatis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
isatis root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
natural indigo	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
naturalis indigo	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qing dai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qingdai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
radix isatidis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
song lan	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
woad root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
北板藍根	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
大青叶	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
大青葉	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
板蓝根	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
板藍根	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
菘藍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
青黛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem	dried powder or mass prepared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf and stem		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Leaf		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, dye extract from leaf, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
leaf		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 48 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Isatis indigotica Fortune ex Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 270 (1846).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. japonica (Miq.) N.Busch Fl. Sibir. Orient. Extremi 1: 159 (1913).
Crucifera isatis E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 6: 165 (1902).
Isatis alpina Vill. Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 38 (1779).
Isatis apiculata Jord. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 66 (1878), not validly publ.
Isatis bannatica Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 149 (1822).
Isatis campestris Steven ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 571 (1821).
Isatis canescens DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 598 (1815).
Isatis canescens var. glabrifolia H.Lindb. Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 48(13): 37 (1906).
Isatis ciesielskii Zapal. Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Sér. B, Sci. Nat. 1913(7B): 447 (1913).
Isatis funebris Fed. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 27 (1948).
Isatis glauca Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 66 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Isatis hirsuta Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 193 (1806).
Isatis japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 75 (1865).
Isatis kamienskii Zapal. Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Sér. B, Sci. Nat. 1913(7B): 447 (1913).
Isatis koelzii Rech.f. Phyton (Horn) 3: 46 (1951).
Isatis macrocarpa B.Fedtsch. ex Nikitina Fl. Kirgizsk. SSR 6: 189 (1955).
Isatis maeotica DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 571 (1821).
Isatis maritima Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 133 (1869).
Isatis oblongata var. yezoensis (Ohwi) Y.L.Chang Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 4: 78 (1980).
Isatis sativa (DC.) C.Knight Veg. Substances: 332 (1833).
Isatis sibirica Trautv. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 4: 305 (1845).
Isatis tinctoria var. alpina (Vill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 723 (1805).
Isatis tinctoria var. alpina (Vill.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 76 (1837).
Isatis tinctoria var. banatica (Link) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 256 (1866).
Isatis tinctoria var. campestris (Steven ex DC.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 76 (1837).
Isatis tinctoria proles campestris (Steven ex DC.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 100 (1895).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens (DC.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 64 (1882).
Isatis tinctoria var. canescens (DC.) Gren. & Godr. Fl. France 1: 154 (1848).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens (DC.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 67 (1878).
Isatis tinctoria proles canescens (DC.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 100 (1895).
Isatis tinctoria f. glabrifolia (H.Lindb.) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 63 (1932).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. hirsuta (Pers.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 64 (1882).
Isatis tinctoria var. hirsuta (Pers.) Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 254 (1812).
Isatis tinctoria var. indigotica (Fortune ex Lindl.) T.Y.Cheo & Kuan Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 100 (1978).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. koelzii (Rech.f.) Jafri Fl. W. Pakistan 55: 76 (1973).
Isatis tinctoria var. maeotica (DC.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 256 (1866).
Isatis tinctoria var. microcarpa DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 570 (1821).
Isatis tinctoria proles oxycarpa (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 100 (1895).
Isatis tinctoria var. sativa DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 570 (1821).
Isatis tinctoria subsp. transsilvanica (Simonk.) Soó Feddes Repert. 83: 174 (1972).
Isatis tinctoria var. vulgaris W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 76 (1837).
Isatis tinctoria var. yezoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi Fl. Jap.: 568 (1953).
Isatis transsilvanica Simonk. Természetrajzi Füz. 10: 180 (1886).
Isatis vermia Papan. Nordic J. Bot. 2: 555 (1983).
Isatis villarsii Gaudin Syn. Fl. Helv.: 526 (1836).
Isatis virens Coss. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 22: 54 (1875), nom. nud.
Isatis yezoensis Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 66 (1935).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Isatis indigotica	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Isatis indigotica Fort.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Isatis indigotica Fortune	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Isatis indigotica Fortune ex Lindl.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Isatis tinctoria L. subsp. japonica N. A. Busch	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)

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