Plant Details

Accepted name:: Liriope spicata Lour. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gōng bō gín	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
liriope root tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
liriopes radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
radix liriopes	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shanmaidong	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
土麦冬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山麦冬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
湖北麦冬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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

Liriope spicata var. prolifera Y.T.Ma J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 3: 27 (1985).
Ophiopogon spicatus (Lour.) Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 7: t. 593 (1822).
Liriope graminifolia var. koreana (Palib.) Nakai Fl. Kor. 2: 239 (1911).
Liriope koreana (Palib.) Nakai Veg. Mt. Chirisan: 26 (1915).
Liriope spicata var. humilis F.Z.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 6(1): 170 (1986).
Liriope spicata f. koreana (Palib.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 59: 38 (1984).
Liriope tawadae Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 55 (1936).
Mondo fauriei (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 43 (1921).
Mondo koreanum (Palib.) Hiatsusima Bot. Surv. S. Chosen, Rep. 5: ? (1934).
Ophiopogon fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 283 (1908).
Ophiopogon koreanus (Palib.) Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 5(2): 111 (1957).
Ophiopogon spicatus var. confusus Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 240 (1910).
Ophiopogon spicatus var. koreanus Palib. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 19: 6 (1901).
Ophiopogon spicatus var. longipes Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 22: 266 (1915).
Ophiopogon tawadae (Ohwi) Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 5(2): 111 (1957).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Liriope spicata (Thunb.) Lour.	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Liriope spicata (Thunb.) Lour. var. prolifera Y. T. Ma	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Liriope spicata (Thunb.) Lour. var. prolifera Y.T.Ma	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Liriope spicata Lour.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Liriope spicata Loureiro	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ophiopogon spicatus Ker-Gawl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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