Plant Details

Accepted name:: Epimedium brevicornu Maxim. [Berberidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
epimedii folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
epimedii herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
epimedium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
epimedium herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
epimedium leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba epimedii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
yin yang huo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yinyanghuo	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
インヨウカク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
淫羊藿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
淫羊藿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stem, Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Leaf		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
aboveground parts or leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
terrestrial plant parts	terrestrial plant parts	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
aerial parts		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Epimedium rotundatum K.S.Hao Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 223 (1934).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epimedium brevicornu	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Epimedium brevicornu Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Epimedium brevicornu Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Epimedium brevicornu Maximowicz Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Epimedium brevicornum Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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