Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aristolochia serpentaria L. [Aristolochiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aristolochia serpentaria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
birthwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pelican flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sangrel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
serpentaria	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
serpentary	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serpentária	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
serpentária da virgínia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
snakeroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snakeweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viperina do texas	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
virginia dutchmanspipe	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginia serpentary	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginia snake	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginia snakeroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	tincture, fluid extract, powdered drug, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aristolochia convolvulacea Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 335 (1897).
Aristolochia dodecandra Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 62 (1828).
Aristolochia hastata Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 200 (1818), nom. illeg.
Aristolochia nashii Kearney Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 485 (1894).
Aristolochia officinalis T.Nees in M.F.Weihe & al., Pl. Officin.: t. 144 (1830).
Aristolochia polyrrhizos Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 310 (1827).
Aristolochia sagittata Muhl. ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 434 (1864).
Aristolochia serpentaria var. bartonii (Klotzsch) Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 433 (1864).
Aristolochia serpentaria var. hastata (Nutt.) Alph.Wood Class-book Bot., ed. 2b: 602 (1861).
Aristolochia serpentaria var. laxa Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 434 (1864).
Aristolochia serpentaria var. nashii (Kearney) H.E.Ahles J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 75: 130 (1959).
Endodeca bartonii Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 600 (1859).
Endodeca dodecandra Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 62 (1828).
Endodeca hastata (Nutt.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 99 (1838).
Endodeca polyrrhizos (Spreng.) Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 601 (1859).
Endodeca serpentaria (L.) Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 62 (1828).
Endodeca serpentaria var. hastata (Nutt.) C.F.Reed Phytologia 50: 461 (1982).
Isotrema serpentarium (L.) X.X.Zhu, S.Liao & J.S.Ma Phytotaxa 401: 14 (2019).
Pistolochia serpentaria (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 98 (1838).
Psophiza undulata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 99 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aristolochia serpentaria	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Aristolochia serpentaria L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) 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) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Aristolochia serpentaria

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Aristolochia serpentaria L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
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)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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