Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cistus creticus L. [Cistaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cistus creticus subsp. creticus

Cistus creticus subsp. trabutii (Maire) Dobignard

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cretan rockrose	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hoary rock-rose	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ladaniá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
louvidkiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
myrrh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamuklu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
pink rock-rose	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rock rose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
xystariá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
xystarká	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
zistrose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
λαδανιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
λουβιδκιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ξυσταριά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ξυσταρκά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, above ground parts, resin, twigs		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
leaf		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cistus × incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood Feddes Repert. 79: 60 (1968).
Cistus polymorphus f. creticus (L.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 88 (1888).
Cistus polymorphus var. creticus (L.) Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 342 (1877).
Cistus villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 437 (1867).
Cistus villosus subsp. creticus (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 70 (1878).
Cistus vulgaris Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 368 (1836), nom. superfl.
Cistus vulgaris var. creticus (L.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 375 (1840), nom. superfl.
Cistus × incanus var. creticus (L.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 437 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cistus creticus	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cistus creticus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cistus incanus ssp. creticus (L.) Heyw.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Cistus incanus subsp. creticus (L.)Heyw.	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)

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