Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hepatica acutiloba DC. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american liverleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
anémone à lobes aigus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blek blåsippa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hépatique à lobes aigus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liverwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
liverwort-herb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharp-lobe hepatica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharplobe hepatica	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anemone acutiloba (DC.) G.Lawson Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada 2(4): 30 (1884).
Anemone hepatica var. acuta (Pursh) Pritz. Linnaea 15: 691 (1842).
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Anemone acuta (Pursh) Vail ex Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 2: 42 (1890).
Hepatica acuta (Pursh) Britton Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 234 (1891).
Hepatica acutiloba f. albiflora R.Hoffm. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 268 (1922).
Hepatica acutiloba f. diversiloba Raymond Naturaliste Canad. 77: 56 (1950).
Hepatica acutiloba f. plena Fernald Rhodora 49: 216 (1947).
Hepatica acutiloba f. rosea R.Hoffm. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 268 (1922).
Hepatica acutiloba var. variegata Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 56 (1928).
Hepatica americana subsp. acuta (Pursh) Zonn. J. Bot., Spec. Issue(758260): 6 (2010).
Hepatica hepatica var. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 169 (1916).
Hepatica nobilis f. acutiloba (DC.) Beck Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 21: 349 (1896).
Hepatica nobilis f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica nobilis f. plena (Fernald) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica nobilis f. rosea (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica triloba var. acuta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 391 (1813).
Hepatica triloba var. acutiloba (DC.) Warne Amer. Entomol. 2: 313 (1870).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anemone acutiloba (DC.) G. Lawson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Anemone hepatica var. acuta (Pursh) Pritz.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Hepatica acutiloba DC.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hepatica nobilis Miller var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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