Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) 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	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	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)
庐山石韦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
廬山石韋	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
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	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polypodium sheareri Baker J. Bot. 13: 201 (1875).
Cyclophorus grandissimus Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 255 (1914).
Cyclophorus inaequalis (Christ) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 199 (1905).
Cyclophorus sheareri (Baker) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 201 (1905).
Niphobolus inaequalis Christ Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1: 25 (1905).
Niphobolus sheareri (Baker) Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 325 (1899).
Pyrrosia grandissima (Hayata) Ching Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 1: 63 (1935).
Pyrrosia nanchuanensis Ching Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 1: 65 (1935).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polypodium sheareri Baker	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrrosia sheaeri (Bak.) Ching	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrrosia sheareri	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) Ching	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrrosia sheareri Ching	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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