Plant Details

Accepted name:: Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ache des montagnes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
american lovage	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angedane roomi	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
apio de montaña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden lovage	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gelsvių šaknys	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
għerq tal-levistiku	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
korenina luštreka	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
korzeń lubczyka	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
kāshem	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
lavage	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
lavaswortel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
leeskputkejuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
lestyángyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
levisitici radix	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
levistici radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
levistico	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
levistico radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
levisticum officinale	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
levístico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
levístico, raiz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
levístico, raíz de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
libbsticka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
libbstickerot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
libečkový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
liebstöckel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
liebstöckelwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
ligurčekový koreň	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
ligustico	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
liperi, juuri	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
livèche	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
livèche (racine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
livêche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ljubistok	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lovage	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lovage oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
lovage root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
lupstāja saknes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
lévistique officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
løpestikkerot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
løvstikkerod	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
maggikraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
oil of roots of lovage	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
ou dang gui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ρίζα λυγιστικού	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
любисток	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
селим, корен	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
كاشم	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
欧当归	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
rhizome		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root	fresh root	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
rhizome, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	whole or cut, dried rhizome and root	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
rhizome, root	whole or cut, dried rhizome and root	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
root	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
root, leaves	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
rhizome, root	Whole or cut, dried rhizome and root	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Angelica paludapifolia Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 451 (1779).
Ligusticum levisticum L. Sp. Pl.: 250 (1753).
Angelica levisticum (L.) All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 10 (1785).
Hipposelinum levisticum (L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 2: 635 (1913).
Levisticum caucasicum Lipsky Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 14: 271 (1896).
Levisticum levisticum H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 844 (1886), not validly publ.
Levisticum paludapifolium Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 250 (1860).
Levisticum persicum Freyn & Bornm. Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 619 (1897).
Levisticum vulgare Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 463 (1832).
Levisticum vulgare Hill Brit. Herb.: 423 (1756), opus utique oppr.
Selinum levisticum (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 116 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Angelica paludapifolia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Levisticum officinale	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Levisticum officinale (L.) Koch	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Levisticum officinale Koch	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Levisticum officinale, rad. (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Levisticum officinale Koch.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Levisticum officinale L. Koch	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Levisticum officinale W. D. J. Koch	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Levisticum officinale W. Koch	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Levisticum officinale W.Koch	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Levisticum officinale W.d.j. Koch	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Levisticum officinalis Koch	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ligusticum levisticum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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