Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
water hyacinth	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Scilla autumnalis L. Sp. Pl.: 309 (1753).
Anthericum autumnale (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 247 (1771).
Genlisa autumnalis (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 57 (1840).
Hyacinthus autumnalis (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 1: 97 (1906).
Ornithogalum autumnale (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 274 (1779).
Prospero cyrenaicum (Pamp.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 116 (1998).
Prospero holzmannium (Heldr.) Speta Veröff. Int. Clusius-Forschungsges. Güssing 5: 13 (1982).
Prospero pulchellum (Munby) Speta Veröff. Int. Clusius-Forschungsges. Güssing 5: 13 (1982).
Prospero scythicum (Kleopow) Speta Veröff. Int. Clusius-Forschungsges. Güssing 5: 13 (1982).
Scilla autumnalis f. albiflora Pamp. Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920).
Scilla autumnalis var. cyrenaica Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 24: 127 (1917).
Scilla autumnalis f. dumetorum Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 324 (1873).
Scilla autumnalis var. gallica (Tod.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 730 (1882).
Scilla autumnalis var. gracillima Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Alger: 162 (1884).
Scilla autumnalis subsp. latifolia Iatroú & Kit Tan Endemic Pl. Greece, Peloponnese: 425 (2001).
Scilla autumnalis var. longipes Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 69 (1895).
Scilla autumnalis var. pulchella (Munby) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 69 (1895).
Scilla autumnalis lusus purpurascens Priszter in R.Soó, Magyar Fl. Veg. 6: 185 (1980).
Scilla autumnalis var. racemosa (Balansa ex Baker) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 234 (1905).
Scilla cyrenaica (Pamp.) Bartolo, Brullo, Pavone & Terrasi Webbia 38: 613 (1984).
Scilla dumetorum Balansa ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 234 (1873).
Scilla gallica Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1872: 39 (1872).
Scilla holzmannia Heldr. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 393 (1898).
Scilla longipes Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 69 (1895).
Scilla pulchella Munby Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 286 (1855).
Scilla racemosa Balansa ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 234 (1873).
Scilla scythica Kleopow Zhurn. Inst. Bot. Vseukraïns'k. Akad. Nauk 21-22: 245 (1939).
Stellaris autumnalis (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 79 (1902).
Urginea autumnalis (L.) El-Gadi Fl. Libya 57: 38 (1978).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Scilla autumnalis L.	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

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