Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beichaihu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bupleuri radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bupleurum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bupleurum root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ch'ai hu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chai hu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
chaifu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chaihu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chaihu koufuye	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chaihu mixture	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chaiku-saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chamu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chinese thoroughwax	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese thorowax root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hare’s ear root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
juk-siho	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kara-saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mishima-saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nan chai hu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nanchaihu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
northern chinese thorowax root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix bupleur	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix bupleuri	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shi ho	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shoku-saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wa-saiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
xia ye chai hu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yamasaiko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
南柴胡	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
柴胡	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
狹葉柴胡	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
root, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bupleurum falcatum var. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 267 (1844).
Bupleurum falcatum var. komarovii Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 29: 59 (1916).
Bupleurum falcatum subf. latum H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228: 133 (1910).
Bupleurum falcatum var. longipedunculatum H.Boissieu Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 804 (1902).
Bupleurum falcatum subf. longipedunculatum (H.Boissieu) H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228: 133 (1910).
Bupleurum falcatum f. normale H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228: 132 (1910), nom. illeg.
Bupleurum falcatum f. obvallatum (Nakai) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 301 (1954).
Bupleurum falcatum subsp. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Koso-Pol. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 30: 219 (1914).
Bupleurum falcatum f. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 69 (1861).
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium f. latum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 486 (1937).
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium f. longiradiatum R.H.Shan & Y.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 282 (1974).
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium var. obvallatum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 21: 99 (1947).
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium f. pauciflorum R.H.Shan & Y.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 282 (1974).
Bupleurum sinensium Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 30 (1918).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bupeurum scorzonerifolium Willd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bupleurum falcatum L. var. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Ledeb.	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium Wild.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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