Plant Details

Accepted name:: Angelica atropurpurea L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alexanders	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
american angelica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angelica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angelica atropurpurea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bellyache root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dead nettle	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
great angelica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
masterwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
purple angelica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple-stem angelica	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple-stemmed angelica	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
purplestem angelica	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rödstjälkskvanne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Archangelica atropurpurea (L.) Hoffm. Gen. Pl. Umbell.: 162 (1814).
Angelica atropurpurea var. occidentalis Fassett Rhodora 33: 74 (1931).
Angelica laurentiana Fernald Rhodora 28: 222 (1926).
Selinum atropurpureum (L.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 269 (1821).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Angelica atropurpurea L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Archangelica atropurpurea	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Archangelica atropurpurea Hoffm.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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