Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lysimachia vulgaris L. [Primulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
loosestrife	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
losimākhious	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mao huang lian hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
videört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
willow-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
willowwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yellow loosestrife	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
لوسيماخيوس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lysimachia elata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 120 (1796).
Lysimachia glauca Adams Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 234 (1834), nom. illeg.
Lysimachia guestphalica Weihe ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 410 (1831).
Lysimachia lutea Jirasek ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 2: 130 (1826).
Lysimachia paludosa Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 141 (1816).
Lysimachia paniculata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 29 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Lysimachia tomentosa C.Presl Fl. Sicul.: xxxviii (1826).
Lysimachia vulgaris f. aprica Pax & R.Knuth Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16: 81 (1928).
Lysimachia vulgaris f. glandulosovillosa Beck Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 13: 2 (1898).
Lysimachia vulgaris subsp. glandulosovillosa (Beck) Peev Fitologiya 4: 20 (1976), no basionym ref.
Lysimachia vulgaris var. longifolia Sennen Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 225 (1914).
Lysimachia vulgaris var. longifolia Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne): n.° 1426, nom. nud.
Lysimachia vulgaris var. paludosa (Baumg.) Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 177 (1827).
Lysimachia vulgaris f. rubrotincta Merino Fl. Galicia 3: 571 (1909).
Lysimachia vulgaris var. tomentosa Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 300 (1821 publ. 1822).
Lysimachia vulgaris var. typica R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 237: 304 (1905), not validly publ.
Lysimachia vulgaris f. villosa C.G.Westerl. Bot. Not. 1904: 13 (1904).
Lysimachia westphalica Weihe Flora 5: 411 (1822).
Lysimachusa vulgaris (L.) Pohl Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 163 (1809).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lysimachia vulgaris	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Lysimachia vulgaris L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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