Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurium erythraea Rafn [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 11

Centaurium erythraea subsp. apertum (H.Lindb.) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. bernardii (Maire & Sauvage) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. enclusense (O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) O.Bolòs & Vigo

Centaurium erythraea subsp. grandiflorum (Biv.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. limoniiforme (Greuter) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) M.Laínz

Centaurium erythraea subsp. rhodense (Boiss. & Reut.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. rumelicum (Velen.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. suffruticosum (Griseb.) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. turcicum (Velen.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. erythraea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
canchalagua	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
centaura menor	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
centaura menor, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
centaurea menor	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
centaurea minore	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
centaurii herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Centaurium erythraea, herb. (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
centaury	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Centaurium erythraea, herb. (2008) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
centaury extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
centaury herb	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Centaurium erythraea, herb. (2008)
centaurée petite	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
common centaury	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
echtes tausendgüldenkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
erythraea centaurium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european centaury	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flockarun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herba centaurii	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
kičica	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
kopfiges tausendgüldenkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesser centaury	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
morart lehnach	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
petite centaurée	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
qantorioun-e-raqeiq (saqeir)	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
quebra febre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
tausendgüldenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
tea-porrete	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
common centaury	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
центорія	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
قنطوریون رقیق (صغیر)	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Stem, leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Flowered tops		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herba		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Centaurium erythraea, herb. (2008)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flower	dried, whole or cut flower	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flower	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
sumidades floridas secas, enteras o cortas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centaurium minus Moench Methodus: 449 (1794).
Erythraea centaurium (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 283 (1805).
Centaurium centaurium (L.) W.Wight ex Piper Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 449 (1906), not validly publ.
Chironia centaurium (L.) F.W.Schmidt Fl. Boëm. 2: 31 (1793 publ. 1794).
Erythraea vulgaris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 337 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Gentiana centaurium L. Sp. Pl.: 229 (1753).
Gonipia linearis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 24 (1837), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurium erythraea	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Centaurium erythraea Raf.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Centaurium erythraea Rafin.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
Centaurium erythraea Rafinesque	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Centaurium erythraea Rafn	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) EMA Com. Monog.: Centaurium erythraea, herb. (2008) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Centaurium erythraea Rafn s. l.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Centaurium erythraea Rafn.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Centaurium erythraea subsp. erythraea	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Centaurium erythraea Rafn	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
Centaurium minus	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Centaurium minus Moench	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Erythraea centaurium (L.) Borkh.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Erythraea centaurium (L.) Pers.	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)

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