Plant Details

Accepted name:: Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Babc. ex Kerr [Asteraceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahzuttaani poondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
滑背草鞋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
滑背草鞋根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crepis acaulis (Roxb.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 396 (1881).
Prenanthes acaulis Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 403 (1832).
Crepis tonkinensis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 48 (1921).
Hieracioides acaulis (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 345 (1891).
Lactuca glabra DC. in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 26 (1834).
Lactuca rigida DC. Prodr. 7: 135 (1838).
Launaea glabra (DC.) Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 42 (1887).
Launaea tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Babc. ex Kerr Fl. Siam. 2: 300 (1936).
Microrhynchus acaulis (Roxb.) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 208 (1877).
Microrhynchus glaber (DC.) Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 1145 (1846).
Prenanthes glabra (DC.) B.Heyne Numer. List: n.° 3264 (1831).
Prenanthes rigida Buch.-Ham. Numer. List: n.° 3263 (1831).
Sonchus metzianus Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 396 (1881).
Youngia acaulis (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 7: 193 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crepis acaulis Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Babc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Babc. ex Kerr	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Babe.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Launea acaulis (Roxb.) Kerr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Prenanthes acaulis Roxb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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