Plant Details

Accepted name:: Taraxacum sinicum Kitag. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese dandelion	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dandelion	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herba taraxaci	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
jian di pu gong ying	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pu gong ying	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pugongying	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
radix cum herba taraxaci	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
taraxaci herba	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taraxaci herba cum radice	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
蒲公英	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
entire plant	entire plant	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Taraxacum borealisinense Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 31: 45 (1980), nom. superfl.
Taraxacum armeriifolium Soest Feddes Repert. 70: 61 (1965).
Taraxacum czuense Schischk. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1949(1-2): 6 (1949).
Taraxacum sinense Dahlst. Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 168 (1926), nom. illeg., later homonym
Taraxacum sinicum var. armeriifolium (Soest) Tzvelev Rast. Tsentral. Azii 14b: 170 (2008).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Taraxacum borealisinense Kitam.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Taraxacum sinicum Kitag	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taraxacum sinicum Kitag.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Taraxacum sinicum Kitagawa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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