Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buisson ardent	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
firethorn	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pyracanth	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scarlet firethorn	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 73 (1834).
Cotoneaster pyracantha lalandei L.Möller Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 3: 57 (1888).
Crataegus dumosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 357 (1796).
Crataegus lalandei May Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 68 (1883).
Crataegus lalandei microcarpa May Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 68 (1883).
Crataegus pauciflora André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 70: 148 (1898).
Crataegus pauciflora (Poir.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 37 (1806).
Crataegus pyracantha (L.) Medik. Gesch. Bot.: 84 (1793).
Crataegus pyracantha lalandei Duren Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangère 8: 145 (1882).
Crataegus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 433 (1840).
Gymnopyrenium pyracantha (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 316 (1867).
Mespilus lalandei Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893).
Mespilus pauciflora Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 441 (1798), nom. rej.
Mespilus pyracantha L. Sp. Pl.: 478 (1753).
Mespilus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 450 (1811).
Oxyacantha amygdalifolia Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 579 (1899).
Pyracantha coccinea var. fructu-albo Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1468 (1901), not validly publ.
Pyracantha coccinea var. implexa Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 89 (1877), nom. nud.
Pyracantha coccinea var. lalandei Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893).
Pyracantha coccinea f. latifolia Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 168 (1903).
Pyracantha coccinea var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893).
Pyracantha lucida de Vos Handb. Boom. Heest.: 144 (1887).
Pyracantha pauciflora (Poir.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 220 (1847).
Pyracantha pyracantha (L.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 269 (1894), not validly publ.
Pyracantha pyracantha f. lalandei Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 269 (1894).
Pyracantha spinosa de Vos Handb. Boom. Heest.: 144 (1887).
Pyracantha spinosa lalandei de Vos Handb. Boom. Heest.: 13 (1890).
Pyracantha vulgaris Lothelier Rev. Gén. Bot. 5: 519 (1893), nom. nud.
Timbalia pyracantha (L.) Clos Bull. Soc. Bot. France 18: 178 (1871).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pyracantha coccinea Roemer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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