Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy [Haemodoraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carolina redroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lachnanthes tinctoria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
red root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spirit weed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spirit-weed	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber, H		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lachnanthes tinctorum (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 47 (1816).
Anonymos tincotria Walter Fl. Carol.: 68 (1788), nom. rej.
Dilatris caroliana Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 127 (1791).
Dilatris heritiera Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 54 (1805), nom. superfl.
Dilatris tinctorum (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 30 (1813).
Gyrotheca tinctorum (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey 1: 354 (1911 publ. 1912).
Heritiera gmelinii Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 21 (1803).
Heritiera tinctorum Walter ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 113 (1791).
Lachnanthes tinctoria var. major Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 252 (1866).
Petagnana tinctorum (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 41 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lachnantes tinctoria Elliot	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Lachnanthes caroliniana (Lam.) Dandy	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lachnanthes caroliniana (Lam.) Dandy.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Lachnanthes tinctoria	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lachnanthes tinctoria (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Elliott	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lachnanthes tinctoria Ell.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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