Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aconitum lycoctonum L. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: Aconitum lycoctonum nothosubsp. spetanum Starm.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aconitum lycoctonum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
badger s bane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khāneghozzeb	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
wolfsbane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
خانق الذئب	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 59 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aconitum aegophonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 69 (1819).
Aconitum alienum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 73 (1819).
Aconitum altissimum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Aconitum artophonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 71 (1819).
Aconitum australe Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 71 (1819).
Aconitum baumgartenii Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 3: 84 (1852).
Aconitum boreale Ser. ex Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 62 (1819), nom. nud.
Aconitum cynoctonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 73 (1819).
Aconitum dissectum Tausch ex Rchb. Ill. Sp. Acon. Gen.: t. XLVII (1825), nom. illeg.
Aconitum excelsum Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 70 (1838), nom. illeg.
Aconitum galectonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 67 (1819), nom. nud.
Aconitum galeriflorum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 216 (1812).
Aconitum intermedium Host Fl. Austriaca 2: 69 (1831), nom. illeg.
Aconitum jacquinianum Host Fl. Austriaca 2: 68 (1831).
Aconitum lagoctonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 71 (1819).
Aconitum luparia Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 74 (1819).
Aconitum lupicida Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 70 (1819).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. altissimum (Mill.) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 369 (1817).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. altissimus (Mill.) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 369 (1817).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. clusianum Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 250 (1822), nom. superfl.
Aconitum lycoctonum var. glabriflorum DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 369 (1817).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. grandiflorum Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 134 (1823).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. latiflorum Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 134 (1823).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. laxiflorum DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 369 (1817).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. myoctonum (Rchb.) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1861: 41 (1861).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. pyrenaicum Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 133 (1823).
Aconitum lycoctonum lusus pyrenaicum Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 75 (1862).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. ramosissimum Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 134 (1823).
Aconitum lycoctonum var. vulgare Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 133 (1823).
Aconitum meloctonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 65 (1819).
Aconitum monanense F.W.Schmidt ex Rchb. Ill. Sp. Acon. Gen.: t. LI (1825).
Aconitum myoctonum Rchb. Ill. Sp. Acon. Gen.: t. LI (1825).
Aconitum ochroleucum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 19 (1840), not validly publ.
Aconitum perniciosum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 68 (1819).
Aconitum phthora Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 71 (1819), nom. nud.
Aconitum pyrenaicum L. Sp. Pl.: 532 (1753).
Aconitum rectum Bernh. ex Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 69 (1819).
Aconitum rogoviczii Wissjul. Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 6(2): 59 (1949).
Aconitum squarrosum L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb.: 28 (1912).
Aconitum strictissimum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 69 (1819), nom. nud.
Aconitum strictum Willd. ex Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 51 (1819), not validly publ.
Aconitum tauschianum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 20 (1840).
Aconitum thelyphonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 73 (1819).
Aconitum theriophonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 73 (1819).
Aconitum toxicarium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 375 (1796), nom. superfl.
Aconitum transilvanicum Lerchenf. ex Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 10: 165 (1859).
Aconitum umbraticola Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 65 (1877).
Aconitum umbrosum Colla Herb. Pedem. 1: 68 (1833), not validly publ.
Aconitum vulparia f. galactonum Rchb. ex Gáyer in unknown publication.
Aconitum vulparia var. glabriflorum (DC.) Gáyer Magyar Bot. Lapok 8: 321 (1909).
Aconitum vulparia f. hirtisepalum Gáyer in unknown publication.
Aconitum vulparia f. monanense (F.W.Schmidt ex Rchb.) Gáyer in unknown publication.
Aconitum vulparia f. myoctonum (Rchb.) Gáyer in unknown publication.
Aconitum vulparia var. phthora Rchb. Ill. Sp. Acon. Gen.: t. LVI (1827).
Aconitum vulparia f. umbraticola (Schur) Gáyer in unknown publication.
Aconitum wraberi Starm. Fritschiana 48: 10 (2004).
Aconitum zooctonum Rchb. Uebers. Aconitum: 65 (1819), nom. nud.
Delphinium lycoctonum Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 1: 477 (1883).
Lycoctonum sylvaticum Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 326 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aconitum lycoctonum	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Aconitum lycoctonum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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