Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polylepis australis Bitter [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
queñoa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tabaquillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polylepis australis subvar. breviuscula Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 479 (1913).
Polylepis australis var. crenulata Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 625 (1911).
Polylepis australis var. fuscitomentella (Kuntze) Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 625 (1911).
Polylepis australis var. glabra (Kuntze) Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 622 (1911).
Polylepis australis var. glabrescens (Kuntze) Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 623 (1911).
Polylepis australis subvar. gracilescens Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 479 (1913).
Polylepis australis var. latifoliolata Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 624 (1911).
Polylepis australis subvar. latifrons Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 479 (1913).
Polylepis australis subvar. majuscula Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 478 (1913).
Polylepis australis var. oblanceolata Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 623 (1911), nom. illeg.
Polylepis australis var. subcalva Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 623 (1911).
Polylepis australis var. tucumanica Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 478 (1913).
Polylepis racemosa var. albotomentella Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. fuscotomentella Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. glabra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. glabrescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. pubescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. pubinervia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).
Polylepis racemosa var. subresinosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polylepis australis Bitter	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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