Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american goldthread	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canker root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
canker-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goldthread	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
polarkoptis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
savoyane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
threeleaf goldthread	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fernald Rhodora 31: 142 (1929).
Coptis trifolia subsp. groenlandica (Oeder) Hultén Fl. Aleutian Isl.: 178 (1937).
Anemone groenlandica O.F.Müll. in G.C.Oeder & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 566 (1771).
Anemone groenlandica Oeder in G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan. 4(10): 5 (1771).
Chryza borealis Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 352 (1808).
Coptis daisetsuensis Miyabe & Tatew. Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 2 (1935), pro syn.
Coptis trifolia var. groenlandica (Oeder) Fassett Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 38: 195 (1946).
Coptis trifolia f. plena K.Imai Bull. Bot. Soc. Nagano 29: 24 (1996).
Coptis trifolia var. semiplena Miyabe & Tatew. Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 2 (1935).
Coptis trifolia f. semiplena (Miyabe & Tatew.) Okuyama J. Jap. Bot. 30: 44 (1955).
Helleborus pumilus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 374 (1796).
Helleborus trifoliatus Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(9): 262 (1778).
Helleborus trifolius L. Sp. Pl.: 558 (1753).
Helleborus trilobus Lam. Encycl. 3: 98 (1789).
Isopyrum trifolium Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 265 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coptis groenlandica Femald	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Coptis trifolia Salisbury	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica (Oeder) Hultén	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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