Plant Details

Accepted name:

Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl. [Asparagaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dian huang jing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
huang jing	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huangjing	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
huángjīng	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
king solomon's seal	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
polygonati rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygonatum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizoma polygonati	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
siberian solomon seal	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
solomonseal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
solomonseal rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
オウセイ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
滇黃精	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃精	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄精	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Rhizomes		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome, usually steamed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 448 (1892).
Galium tuberosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 79 (1790).
Polygonatum cavaleriei H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 345 (1906).
Polygonatum darrisii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 536 (1913).
Polygonatum ericoideum H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 384 (1909).
Polygonatum esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 59 (1910).
Polygonatum huanum H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 345 (1906).
Polygonatum kingianum var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum kingianum var. ericoideum (H.Lév.) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum kingianum var. grandifolium D.M.Liu & W.Z.Zeng Fl. Sichuanica 7: 230 (1991).
Polygonatum kingianum var. uncinatum (Diels) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum uncinatum Diels Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 297 (1912).
Polygonatum vietnamicum L.I.Abramova Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 47 (1986).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum kingianum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Polygonatum kingianum Coli. & Hemsl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsley	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Polygonatum kingianum Collard et Hemsel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonatum kingianum Collett et Hemsley	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

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