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Accepted name: 
Oenothera biennis L. [Onagraceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
common evening primrose Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common evening-primrose Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common eveningprimrose Other Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
divgadīgās naktssveces eļļa Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
enotera Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
enotera olio Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
enothera Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
evening primrose Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
evening primrose extract Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
evening primrose oil Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
evening primrose oil, refined Other European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
evening star Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
evening-primrose Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fever-plant Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
field-primrose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gemeine nachtkerze Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
german evening primrose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
german rampion Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
german-rampion Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
helokkiöljy Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
hhashyshat el hhimar Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hoary eveningprimrose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaheaastase kuningakepi õli Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
king's cureall Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
king's-cureall Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kings-cure-all Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kæmpenatlysolie Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
la belle de nuit Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ligetszépe-olaj Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
ligetszépeolaj Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
me-matsuyoigusa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mematsuyoigusa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
nachtkerzensamenöl Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
nachtkerzenöl Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
nattljus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nattljusolja Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
nattlysolje Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
night willow herb Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oenothera biennis Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oenotherae biennis oleum Pharmaceutical EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
oenotherae oleum raffinatum Pharmaceutical European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olej wiesiolkowy Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
oleum oenotherae biennis Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
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)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
onagre bisannuelle Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
oslennik dvuchletnyj Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pricknattljus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pupalkový olej Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
raghan-e gole magrebi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
refined evening primrose oil Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
scabish Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teunisbloem Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
teunisbloemolie Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
tree primrose Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tree-primrose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ulei de luminiţa nopţii Other EMA Com. Monog.: Oenothera spp., ol. (2009)
yue jian cao Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yuè jiàn cǎo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè xīng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
夜星 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月见草 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)