Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhodiola tangutica (Maxim.) S.H.Fu [Crassulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hong jing tian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhodiola	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tang gu hong jing tian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
红景天	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhodiola algida var. tangutica (Maxim.) S.H.Fu Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 6: 75 (1980).
Rhodiola gannanica K.T.Fu Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 11: 170 (1991).
Sedum algidum var. tanguticum Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 126 (1883).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhodiola algida (Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. var. tangutica (Maxim.) S.H.Fu	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Rhodiola algida (Ledeb.) Fisch. & Mey. var. tangutica (Maxim.) S.H.Fu	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhodiola algida (Ledeb.) Fisch. et Mey. var. tangutica (Maxim.) S. H. Fu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rhodiola algida Fu var. tangutica Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhodiola tangutica (Maxim.) S. H. Fu	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Rhodiola tangutica (Maxim.) S.H.Fu	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhodiola tangutica (Maximowicz) S.H. Fu	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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