Plant Details

Accepted name:: Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big blue lilyturf	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
border grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lilyturf	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
liriope root tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
liriope tuber	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
liriopes radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
liriopis seu ophiopogonis tuber	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
liriopis tuber	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
maegmundong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mörk druvlilja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
阔叶麦冬	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)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Liriope platyphylla F.T.Wang & Tang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 332 (1951).
Liriope exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.H.Hume Baileya 9: 144 (1961).
Liriope gigantea H.H.Hume Baileya 9: 148 (1961).
Liriope graminifolia var. albiflora Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 38 (1926).
Liriope graminifolia var. communis (Maxim.) Matsum. Index Pl. Jap. 2(1): 206 (1905).
Liriope graminifolia var. densiflora Maxim. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 500 (1879).
Liriope graminifolia var. latifolia Makino Yagaihakubutsu 3: 165 (1933).
Liriope graminifolia var. praealba Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 22 (1928).
Liriope graminifolia var. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Makino Engei-Shokub. 3: 1065 (1940).
Liriope muscari f. albiflora (Makino) Nemoto Fl. Japan, Suppl.: 1066 (1936).
Liriope muscari var. communis (Maxim.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 776 (1934).
Liriope muscari var. exiliflora L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 37 (1929).
Liriope muscari f. exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 59: 37 (1984).
Liriope muscari f. latifolia (Makino) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 59: 37 (1984).
Liriope muscari f. praealba (Makino) Nemoto Fl. Japan, Suppl.: 1066 (1936).
Liriope muscari var. variegata L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 35 (1929).
Liriope muscari f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 59: 37 (1984).
Liriope platyphylla f. albiflora (Makino) Honda Nom. Pl. Jap., ed. emend.: 380 (1957).
Liriope platyphylla f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Ishii & Hosaka Engei-Shokub.-Zufu 3: 381 (1956).
Liriope spicata var. densiflora (Maxim. ex Baker) C.H.Wright J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 79 (1903).
Liriope spicata var. latifolia Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 7: 104 (1884).
Liriope yingdeensis R.H.Miao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1982(3): 75 (1982).
Ophiopogon muscari Decne. Ann. Gén. Hort. 17: 181 (1867).
Ophiopogon spicatus var. communis Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 15: 85 (1870).
Ophiopogon spicatus var. kunthianus Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 15: 84 (1870).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Liriope muscari (Decne.) Bailey	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Liriope muscari (Decne.) Baily	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Liriope muscari (Decne.) L. H. Bailey	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.h. Bailey	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Liriope platyphlla Wang & Tang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Liriope platyphylla Wang & Tang	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Liriope platyphylla Wang et Tang	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Liriopes platyphylla Weng et Tang	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lirope platyphylla Wang et Tang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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