Plant Details

Accepted name:: Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dandelion	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herba taraxaci	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
mongolian dandelion	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mongolmaskros	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pu gong ying	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pugongying	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pú gōng yīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
púgōngyīng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
pū gōng yīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pǔ gōng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pǔ gōng dīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
radix cum herba taraxaci	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
taraxaci herba	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taraxaci herba cum radice	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
仆公英	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
浦公丁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
浦公草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臺灣蒲公英	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蒲公英	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
entire plant		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
entire plant	entire plant	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacop. of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Taraxacum formosanum Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 48 (1933).
Taraxacum liaotungense Kitag. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 825 (1933).
Taraxacum argute-denticulatum Nakai & H.Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 142 (1936).
Taraxacum hangchouense H.Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 144 (1936).
Taraxacum hondae Nakai & H.Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 143 (1936).
Taraxacum huhhoticum Z.Xu & H.C.Fu Fl. Intramongolica 6: 329 (1982).
Taraxacum kansuense Nakai ex H.Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 91 (1936).
Taraxacum liaotungense f. lobulatum Kitag. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 1933 (1933).
Taraxacum mongolicum var. formosanum (Kitam.) Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 24: 42 (1957).
Taraxacum pseudodissectum Nakai & H.Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 92 (1936).
Taraxacum quelpaertense Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 184 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Taraxacum formosanum Kitam.	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Taraxacum liaotungense Kitag.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Taraxacum mongolicum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand. -Mazz.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.- Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-mazz.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Taraxacum mongoliocum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

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