Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kerria japonica (L.) DC. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
di tang hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japan globeflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese kerria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese-rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jew's-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kerria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quérria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosa-do-japão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
棣棠花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kerria japonica f. pleniflora (Witte) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 284 (1949).
Rubus japonicus L. Mant. Pl. 2: 245 (1771).
Corchorus japonicus (L.) Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(9): 146 (1778).
Corchorus japonicus var. flore-pleno Loisel. Herb. Gén. Amat. 1: t. 49 (1814), contrary to Art. 23.6. (ICN, 2012).
Kerria japonica f. albescens (Makino) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 75 (1953).
Kerria japonica var. albescens Makino ex Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 9: 102 (1940).
Kerria japonica argenteomarginatis Jacob-Makoy Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 15: 146 (1865).
Kerria japonica var. argenteovariegata Lem. Ill. Hort. 9: t. 336 (1862).
Kerria japonica var. aureovariegata Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 408 (1927).
Kerria japonica aureovariegata Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 683 (1914).
Kerria japonica f. aureovariegata (Rehder) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 284 (1949).
Kerria japonica f. aureovittata (Hartwig & Rümpler) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 284 (1949).
Kerria japonica var. aureovittata Hartwig & Rümpler Bäume Sträucher: 317 (1875).
Kerria japonica var. denticulata L.C.Wang & X.G.Sun Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 10(4): 45 (1990).
Kerria japonica var. flore-pleno Wyman in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 858 (1900), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica var. floribus-plenis Siebold & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1: 183 (1841), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica var. floribus-simplicibus Siebold & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1: 183 (1841), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica var. foliis-variegatis Siebold & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1: 183 (1841), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica var. grandiflora Wyman in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 858 (1900).
Kerria japonica var. picta Siebold Annuaire Soc. Roy. Encour. Hort. Pays Bas 1844: t. 1c (1844).
Kerria japonica f. picta (Siebold) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 284 (1949).
Kerria japonica var. plena (C.K.Schneid.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 185 (1914).
Kerria japonica f. plena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 502 (1905).
Kerria japonica var. pleniflora Witte Flora: 261 (1868).
Kerria japonica f. semiplena Hayashi J. Geobot. 22: 4 (1974).
Kerria japonica f. stellata (Makino) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 75 (1953).
Kerria japonica var. stellata Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 185 (1914).
Kerria japonica var. typica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 185 (1914), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica f. typica Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 7: 45 (1918), not validly publ.
Kerria japonica variegata T.Moore Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 163 (1863).
Kerria japonica f. vittatoramosa Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 201 (1903), nom. nud.
Spiraea japonica (L.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 25 (1822), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kerria japonica (L.) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kerria japonica (L.) DC. f. pleniflora (Witte) Rehd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kerria japonica (Linnaeus) DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rubus japonicus L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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