Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
good king henry	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lincolnshire spinach	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mercury	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. Sp. Pl.: 218 (1753).
Agathophytum bonus-henricus (L.) Moq. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 1: 291 (1834).
Agatophyton bonus-henricus (L.) E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33: 1, t. 485 (1915).
Anserina bonus-henricus (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 21 (1827).
Atriplex bonus-henricus (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 206 (1766).
Blitum bonus-henricus var. alpinum (DC.) Moq. Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 47 (1840).
Blitum bonus-henricus f. dentatum (Knaf) Mered'a & Schwarzová Fl. Slovenska 6(4): 723, 220 (2016).
Blitum bonus-henricus var. dentatum Knaf Flora 29: 308 (1846).
Blitum bonus-henricus var. erosum Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 85 (1849).
Blitum perenne Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 173 (1897).
Chenopodium bonus-henricus var. alpinum DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 388 (1805).
Chenopodium esculentum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 151 (1796), nom. superfl.
Chenopodium hastatum St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 703 (1889), nom. illeg.
Chenopodium ruderale Kit. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 77 (1849).
Chenopodium ruderale St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 69 (1880).
Chenopodium sagittatum Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 244 (1779).
Chenopodium spinacifolium Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 14 (1812).
Chenopodium triangulare Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 171 (1867).
Chenopodium triangularifolia Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 437 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Orthospermum bonus-henricus (L.) Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 63 (1853).
Orthospermum unctuosum Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura, ed. 2: 262 (1868).
Orthosporum bonus-henricus (L.) T.Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. 1: t. 57 (1834).
Orthosporum unctuosum Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 262 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chenopodium bonus-henricus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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