Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrrosia petiolosa (Christ) Ching [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
folium pyrrosiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
pyrrosia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pyrrosia leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pyrrosiae folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shearer's pyrrosia leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
shi wei	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shih wei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shiwei	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
you bing shi wei	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
有柄石韋	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
有柄石韦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石韋	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
石韦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf	dried leaf	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polypodium petiolosum Christ Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 4: 96 (1897).
Cyclophorus petiolosus (Christ) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 200 (1905).
Niphobolus petiolosus (Christ) Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 207 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polypodium petiolosum Christ	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrrosia petilosa	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pyrrosia petilosa Ching	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrrosia petiolosa (Christ) Ching	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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)
Pyrrosia petiolosa (Christ.) Ching	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pyrrosia petiolosa (H. Christ) Ching	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pyrrosia petiolosa (H.Christ) Ching	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pyrrosia petiolosa Christ) Ching	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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