Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pimpinella major (L.) Huds. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bibernelle	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
bibernellkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bibernellwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
grand boucage	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
great burnet-saxifrage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
greater burnet saxifrage	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
greater burnet-saxifrage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
große bibernelle	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hollowstem burnet saxifrage	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pimpernel	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
pimpinella	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pimpinellae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
pimpinellae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 47 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pimpinella magna L. Mant. Pl. 2: 217 (1771).
Apium pimpinella Caruel in F.Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 8: 452 (1889).
Carum dissectum Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 179 (1879).
Carum magnum (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 178 (1879).
Pimpinella austriaca Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Pimpinella austriaca var. dissecta (Wallr.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 197 (2001).
Pimpinella austriaca var. rubens (DC.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 197 (2001).
Pimpinella bipinnata Boeber ex Georgi Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 860 (1800).
Pimpinella dissecta var. elatior Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 64 (1825).
Pimpinella dumetorum Boenn. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 478 (1832).
Pimpinella germanica Vill. ex Spreng. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 391 (1820).
Pimpinella glabra Rostk. & Schmidt Fl. Sedin.: 133 (1824).
Pimpinella laciniata Thore Essai Chloris: 108 (1803).
Pimpinella magna f. dissecta (Wallr.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 186 (1824).
Pimpinella magna var. dissecta Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 123 (1822).
Pimpinella magna var. elata Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 346 (1901).
Pimpinella magna var. laciniata Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 123 (1822).
Pimpinella magna var. pinnatifida Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 2: 434 (1826).
Pimpinella magna var. rubens DC. Prodr. 4: 120 (1830).
Pimpinella magna subsp. rubra (Mérat) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 442 (1828).
Pimpinella magna var. rubra Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 120 (1812).
Pimpinella magna var. rugosa Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 98 (1874).
Pimpinella magna var. subcrenata Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 625 (1892).
Pimpinella magna subsp. vulgaris Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 441 (1828).
Pimpinella major var. bipinnata Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 626 (1892).
Pimpinella major var. laciniata Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 512 (1821 publ. 1822).
Pimpinella major var. macrodonta (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 83 (1974).
Pimpinella major f. orientalis (Gouan) Fiori & Bég. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 163 (1900).
Pimpinella major f. rubella Thell. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1200 (1926).
Pimpinella major subvar. rubella (Thell.) Reduron Ombellif. France 4: 2073 (2008).
Pimpinella major f. rubra (Hoppe ex Mérat) Fiori & Bég. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 163 (1900).
Pimpinella major var. rubra Hoppe ex Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 1: 120 (1812).
Pimpinella media Spreng. in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 26 (1780).
Pimpinella orientalis Gouan Ill. Observ. Bot.: 21 (1773).
Pimpinella peregrina Lej. Fl. Spa 1: 145 (1811), nom. illeg.
Pimpinella rosea Lindem. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 23(II): 488 (1850).
Pimpinella rubra Hoppe & Schleich. ex Spreng. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 384 (1820), pro syn.
Pimpinella rugosa Kunze Flora 29: 654 (1846).
Pimpinella rugulosa Schnizl. Index Seminum (Erlangensi) 1851: [4] (1851).
Pimpinella saxifraga subsp. magna (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 132 (1894).
Pimpinella saxifraga var. major L. Sp. Pl.: 264 (1753).
Pimpinella siifolia var. macrodonta Pau Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 4: 39 (1891).
Pimpinella subcrenata (Beck) Dalla Torre Alpenfl.: 162 (1899).
Selinum pimpinelloides E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 55 (1904).
Tragoselinum dissectum Moench Methodus: 99 (1794).
Tragoselinum magnum (L.) Moench Methodus: 99 (1794).
Tragoselinum majus (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 448 (1779).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pimpinella magna L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pimpinella major (L.) Huds.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pimpinella major (L.) Hudson	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pimpinella major (Linné) Hudson	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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