Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuphea ignea A.DC. [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chispa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cigar flower plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cigar-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cigar-flower-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cigarettglöd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cigarro-aceso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cúfea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
firecracker plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
firecracker-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
firecracker-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flor-de-santo-antônio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican cigar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican cigarplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zigarettenblümchen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

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

Cuphea liebmannii Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 231 (1877).
Cuphea platycentra Lem. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: t. 180 (1846), nom. illeg.
Cuphea tubiflora Lem. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: t. 180 (1846), pro syn.
Cuphea watsonii M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 50 (1933).
Parsonsia ignea (A.DC.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1024 (1924).
Parsonsia liebmannii (Koehne) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1024 (1924).
Parsonsia watsonii (M.E.Jones) M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 69 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuphea ignea A. DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cuphea ignea A. Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cuphea ignea A.DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cuphea ignea DC.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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