Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coptis chinensis Franch. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Coptis chinensis var. chinensis

Coptis chinensis var. brevisepala W.T.Wang & P.K.Hsiao

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ch'uan-lien	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chin van lin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese goldthread	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chinesischer goldfaden	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
choon lin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chuan lien	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
coptide chinois	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coptidis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
coptidis rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
coptis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
coptis rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
coptis species rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
cottide	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gold thread	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
golden thread	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
golden thread rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hoàng liên	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
huang lian	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
huang-lien	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
huanglian	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
huánglián	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kinakoptis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oren	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
perlenschnur	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
powdered coptis rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rhizoma coptidis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
we len	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
wei-lian	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
weilian	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
wé len	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ཝེ་ལེན།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
オウレン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
オウレン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
味連	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃連	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄连	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
黄連	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome	dried rhizome	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome, roots removed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coptis teeta var. chinensis (Franch.) Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 402 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coptis chinensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Coptis chinensis Franch	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
Coptis chinensis Franch.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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)
Coptis chinensis Franchet	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coptis teeta Wall. var chinensis Franch.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Coptis teeta Wall. var. chinensis Finet & Gagnep.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Coptis teeta Wall. var. chinensis Franch.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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