Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Rhaponticum carthamoides subsp. carthamoides

Rhaponticum carthamoides subsp. orientale (Serg.) Soskov

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lou cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maral	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
maralrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saflor-bergscharte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stemmacantha carthamoides	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
鹿草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Centaurea carthamoides (Willd.) B.Fedtsch. Rastitel'n. Turkestana: 757 (1915), nom. illeg.
Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 205 (1810).
Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dittrich Candollea 39: 46 (1984).
Carduus carthamoides (Willd.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 151 (1821).
Cirsium carthamoides (Willd.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 303 (1822).
Cnicus carthamoides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1686 (1803).
Fornicium carthamoides (Willd.) Kamelin Mater. Istorii Fl. Azii: 139 (1998).
Serratula carthamoides (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 561 (1805).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea carthamoides Bentham et Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Leuzea carthamoides DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willdenow) Iljin	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dit-trich	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dittrich	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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