Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrola decorata Andres [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese pyrola	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
herba pyrolae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
lu sian tsao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lu xian cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
luxiancao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pyrola herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pyrolae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
普通鹿蹄草	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鹿衔草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹿銜草	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pyrola alba Andres Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 80 (1923).
Pyrola alba var. viridiflora Andres in H.R.E.Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 763 (1936).
Pyrola decorata var. alba (Andres) Y.L.Chou Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(4): 116 (1981).
Pyrola handeliana Andres in H.R.E.Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 763 (1936).
Pyrola oreodoxa Andres in H.R.E.Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 762 (1936).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pyrola deco-rata H. Andr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrola decorata	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pyrola decorata Anderson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrola decorata Andres	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pyrola decorata H. Andres	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrola decorata H.Andr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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