Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phonus lanatus (L.) Hill [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
saffron thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

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

Carthamus lanatus L. Sp. Pl.: 830 (1753).
Atractylis lanata (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 134 (1771).
Carduncellus lanatus (L.) Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 439 (1843).
Centaurea carthamoides Chevall. Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 569 (1828).
Centaurea lanata (L.) Lam. & DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 102 (1805).
Heracantha lanata (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 2: 206 (1825).
Kentrophyllum lanatum (L.) DC. & Duby Bot. Gall., pars prima: 293 (1828).
Onobroma lanata (L.) Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 786 (1815).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carthamus lanatus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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