Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Balf. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Rheum tanguticum var. liupanshanense C.Y.Cheng & T.C.Kao

Rheum tanguticum var. tanguticum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ah huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
da huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
dahuang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
dahuang liujingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
extractum rhei liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ji zhua da huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kronrhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
powdered rhubarb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
radices rhei	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
radix et rhizoma rhei	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhei radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhei rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhei rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhubarb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhubarb liquid extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhubarbe de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabellae rhei preparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tang gu te da huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tangutischer rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turkey rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xinqingning pian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
xinqingning tablets	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ダイオウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ダイオウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
大黃	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
大黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大黄茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root and rhizome	dried and peeled root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome, root	liquid extract prepared from dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rheum palmatum subsp. tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Stapf Bot. Mag. 153: t. 9200 (1930).
Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum Maxim. ex Regel Gartenflora 23: 305 (1874).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rheum palmatum L. subsp. tanguticum Regel	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Rheum palmatum L. var tanguticum Maxim.	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
Rheum palmatum L. var. tanguticum Maxim. Ex Rngel.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rheum palmatum L. var. tanguticum Maxim. ex Regel	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Rheum tanguticum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. Ex Regel) Maxim. Ex Balf.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Balf.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Maxim. ex Balf.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rheum tanguticum Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rheum tanguticum Maximowicz ex Balf.	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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