Plant Details

Accepted name:: Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy [Crassulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cornish pennywort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cotyledon umbilicus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hipwort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
kidneywort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lard and wall pennywort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
navelwort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
penny royal	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
penny-pies	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pennywort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pennywort pennypies	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
venus navel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wall pennywort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cotyledon umbilicata Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 59 (1779).
Cotyledon gredense Pau Butll. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 8: 49 (1908).
Cotyledon neglecta Cout. Fl. Portugal, ed. 2: 336 (1939).
Cotyledon ombilicus Lam. Encycl. 2: 140 (1786), orth. var.
Cotyledon pendulina (DC.) Vierh. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 224 (1919), nom. illeg.
Cotyledon rupestris Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 307 (1796).
Cotyledon tuberosa Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 577 (1901).
Cotyledon umbilicifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 545 (1812).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris L. Sp. Pl.: 429 (1753).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. deflexa (Pomel) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 326 (1932).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. gredense (Pau) Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 13: 44 (1914).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. marianica Pau Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo Extr.: 293 (1921).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. patula (Pomel) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 14: 277 (1977).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. pendulina (DC.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 329 (1889).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris subsp. pendulina (DC.) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 71 (1932).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris subsp. pendulina (DC.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 329 (1889).
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. tuberosa L. Sp. Pl.: 429 (1753).
Cotyliphyllum erectum Link Handbuch 2: 23 (1831).
Cotyliphyllum umbilicus Link Handbuch 2: 23 (1831).
Umbilicus aetneus Tornab. Fl. Sicul.: 249 (1887).
Umbilicus deflexus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 324 (1875).
Umbilicus neglectus (Cout.) Rothm. & P.Silva Agron. Lusit. 3: 88 (1940).
Umbilicus patulus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 323 (1875).
Umbilicus pendulinus DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 383 (1805).
Umbilicus pendulinus var. punctatus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 538 (1821 publ. 1822).
Umbilicus pendulinus var. truncatus Wolley-Dod J. Bot. 52: 12 (1914).
Umbilicus pendulinus var. velenovskyi Röhl. ex Jacobs Handb. Succ. Pl. 2: 1118 (1954).
Umbilicus rupestris var. truncatus (Wolley-Dod) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 11(3): 60 (1956).
Umbilicus rupestris var. velenovskyi (Röhl. ex Jacobs) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 11(3): 60 (1956).
Umbilicus simplex K.Koch Linnaea 19: 41 (1846).
Umbilicus umbilicatus (Lam.) Breistr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 121: 64 (1974).
Umbilicus vulgaris Batt. & Trab. Fl. Algérie Tunisie: 133 (1905), nom. superfl.
Umbilicus vulgaris subsp. pendulinus (DC.) Batt. & Trab. Fl. Algérie Tunisie: 133 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cotyledon umbilicus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Umbilicus rupestris	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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