Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oenothera grandiflora L'Hér. [Onagraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
divgadīgās naktssveces eļļa	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
enotera olio	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
evening primrose oil	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
evening primrose oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
helokkiöljy	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
kaheaastase kuningakepi õli	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
kæmpenatlysolie	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
ligetszépe-olaj	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
nachtkerzensamenöl	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
nattljusolja	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
nattlysolje	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
oenotherae biennis oleum	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
oenotherae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olej wiesiolkowy	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
olje dvoletnega svetlina	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
onagra, aceite de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
onagre	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
pupalkový olej	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
refined evening primrose oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
teunisbloemolie	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
ulei de luminiţa nopţii	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
óleo de onagra	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
żejt tal-oenotheria	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
οινοθήρας έλαιο	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
пупалка, масло	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	refined oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
oleum		EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	Fatty oil obtained from seeds by extraction and/or expression. It is then refined.	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oenothera lamarckiana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 47 (1828).
Oenothera biennis f. grandiflora (L'Hér.) D.S.Carp. in E.J.Dole, Fl. Vermont, ed. 3: 198 (1937).
Oenothera biennis var. grandiflora (L'Hér.) Trevir. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1818: 5 (1818).
Oenothera grandiflora var. glabra Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 46 (1828).
Oenothera grandiflora var. pubescens Ser in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 46 (1828).
Oenothera spectabilis Lehm. Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1824: 20 (1824).
Onagra biennis var. grandiflora (L'Hér.) Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1604 (1833).
Onagra chrysantha var. grandiflora Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 355 (1835 publ. 1836).
Onagra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Vail Torreya 5: 9 (1905).
Onagra lamarckiana (Ser.) MacDougal Torreya 4: 92, 198 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Oenothera grandiflora L'Hér.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Oenothera lamarckiana L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Oenothera lamarckiana Ser.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Oenothera lamarkiana L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)

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