Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl. [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)
anémone d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hepatica triloba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hépatique d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liten blåsippa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liverwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
liverwort-leaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
round-lobe hepatica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
round-lobed hepatica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
roundlobe hepatica	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anemone americana (DC.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 33: 271 (1958).
Anemone hepatica var. obtusa (Pursh) Pritz. Linnaea 15: 691 (1842).
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Anemonoides americana (DC.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 165 (1973).
Hepatica americana f. cahnae Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 97 (1924).
Hepatica americana f. candida Fernald Rhodora 19: 46 (1917).
Hepatica americana var. maculata Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 56 (1928).
Hepatica americana var. parviflora (Farw.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 97 (1924).
Hepatica americana f. purpurea (Farw.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 97 (1924).
Hepatica americana f. rhodantha Fernald Rhodora 19: 46 (1917).
Hepatica hepatica var. parviflora Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 169 (1916).
Hepatica hepatica var. purpurea Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 169 (1916).
Hepatica nobilis f. cahnae (Farw.) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica nobilis f. candida (Fernald) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica nobilis f. obtusa (Pursh) Beck Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 21: 349 (1896).
Hepatica nobilis f. purpurea (Farw.) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica nobilis f. rhodantha (Fernald) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 232 (1960).
Hepatica triloba var. americana DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 216 (1817).
Hepatica triloba var. obtusa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 391 (1813).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anemone americana	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anemone americana (DC.) H. Hara	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Anemone hepatica var. obtusa (Dc.) H. Hara	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hepatica nobilis Miller var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyerm.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyerm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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