Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ilex mucronata (L.) M.Powell, Savol. & S.Andrews [Aquifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
catberry	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:

Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 422 (1913 publ. 1914).
Ilex canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 229 (1803), nom. illeg.
Ilex delicatula Barton Fl. Virgin.: 67 (1812).
Ilex prunifolia Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 17 (1813).
Ilicioides canadense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 113 (1891).
Ilicioides mucronata Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 217 (1894).
Nemopanthus canadensis Gatt. Tennessee Fl.: 31 (1887), nom. nud.
Nemopanthus canadensis DC. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 1: 44 (1821), nom. superfl.
Nemopanthus fascicularis Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 96 (1819).
Nemopanthus lucidus K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 229 (1872).
Nemopanthus mucronatus var. chrysocarpus Farw. Rhodora 42: 307 (1940).
Nemopanthus mucronatus f. chrysocarpus (Farw.) Fernald Rhodora 47: 144 (1945).
Nuttallia canadensis DC. Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 1: 44 (1821), not validly publ.
Prinos ambiguus Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 213 (1818), nom. illeg.
Prinos canadensis Lodd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 396 (1841).
Prinos integrifolius Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 706 (1824).
Prinos longifolius Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 272 (1815), nom. nud.
Prinos longipes Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 50 (1838).
Vaccinium mucronatum L. Sp. Pl.: 350 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ilex mucronata (L.) M.Powell, Savol. & S.Andrews	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Loes.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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