Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. brittonii Fraser-Jenk. & Widén

Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. filix-mas

Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. pseudorigida (Christ) Askerov

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aspidium	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ayidosheyi	Other	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
bear s-paw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivo pez	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
common male fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
denterrura	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
dryopteris filix-mas	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
feto macho	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
filicis maris folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
filicis maris herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
filicis maris rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
filix mas	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fougère mâle	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gemeiner wurmfarn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hirvi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
knotty brake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
male fern	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
male woodfern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malefern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sarakhs	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
sarakhs muzakkar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shield fern	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet brake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tan pon rock	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
träjon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wurmfarn	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
wurmfarnblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
wurmfarnkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
wurmfarnwurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
سرخس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
欧绵马	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, petal		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Rhizome, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Nodules		Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
rhizome	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	dry extract, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lastrea filix-mas (L.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 76 (1836).
Polypodium filix-mas L. Sp. Pl.: 1090 (1753).
Aspidium filix-mas (L.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 38 (1801).
Aspidium nemorale Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 7 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Filix filix-mas (L.) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 6: 201 (1904).
Lophodium filix-mas (L.) Newman Phytologist 4: 371 (1851).
Nephrodium crenatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 606 (1812), nom. superfl.
Nephrodium filix-mas (L.) Rich. in F.Marthe, Cat. Pl. Jard. Méd. Paris: 129 (1801).
Polypodium nemorale Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 403 (1796), nom. superfl.
Polystichum filix-mas (L.) Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 82 (1799).
Tectaria filix-mas (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 251 (1801).
Thelypteris filix-mas (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 1: 226 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dryopteris filix mas	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Dryopteris filix mas (L.) Schott	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
Dryopteris filix-mas	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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)
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Dryopteris filix-mas (Linné) Schott	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Dryopteris filix-mas Schott	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dryopteris filix-mas Schott.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Dryopteris filix-mas(Linn.) Schoutt	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dryopteris ﬁlix-mas (L.) Schott	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Dryopteris ﬁlix-mas (L.) Schott.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Lastrea filix-mas L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polypodium filix-mas L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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