Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chimaphila maculata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
king's cure	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rheumatism weed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spotted pipsissewa	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)
spotted wintergreen	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spotted-wintergreen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
striped prince's pine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
striped prince's-pine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chimaphila acuminata (Lange) Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 29: 31 (1914).
Chimaphila dasystemma Torr. ex Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 29: 32 (1914).
Chimaphila guatemalensis Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 29: 32 (1914).
Chimaphila maculata var. acuminata Lange Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1867: 112 (1868).
Chimaphila maculata var. dasystemma (Torr. ex Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 487 (1939).
Chimaphila maculata subsp. kochii Andres Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 56: 27 (1914).
Pseva maculata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 390 (1891).
Pyrola durandii Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832).
Pyrola maculata L. Sp. Pl.: 396 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chimaphila maculata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Chimaphila maculata Pursh.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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