Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galanthus nivalis L. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bucaneve	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
common snowdrop	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
foraneve	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
galanthe des neiges	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
galanthi bulbus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
galanthus nivalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gemeines schneeglöckchen	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kleines schneeglöckchen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
perce-neige	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
perceneige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snowdrop	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
snödroppe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chianthemum nivale (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891).
Galanthus alexandri Porcius Analele Acad. Române 14: 274 (1893).
Galanthus imperati Bertol. Fl. Ital. 4: 5 (1839).
Galanthus melvillei Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1006 (1895).
Galanthus montanus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 658 (1866).
Galanthus nivalis var. atkinsii Mallett Garden (London, 1871-1927) 67: 87 (1905).
Galanthus nivalis var. carpaticus S.S.Fodor Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 40(5): 32 (1983), exact type not cited.
Galanthus nivalis var. hololeuca Čelak. Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 7, 3: 198 (1891).
Galanthus nivalis var. hortensis Herb. Amaryllidaceae: 330 (1837).
Galanthus nivalis subsp. imperati (Bertol.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 234 (1890).
Galanthus nivalis subsp. imperati (Bertol.) Baker Handb. Amaryll.: 17 (1888).
Galanthus nivalis var. majus Ten. Fl. Napol. 1: 140 (1814).
Galanthus nivalis var. minus Ten. Fl. Napol. 1: 140 (1814).
Galanthus nivalis var. montanus (Schur) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 21 (1912).
Galanthus nivalis var. multiplex Weston Bot. Univ. 2: 336 (1771).
Galanthus nivalis f. pictus K.Malý Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 54: 302 (1904).
Galanthus nivalis var. platypetalus Beck Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 19: 51 (1894).
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus P.D.Sell in P.D.Sell & G.Murrell, Fl. Great Britain Ireland 5: 363 (1996).
Galanthus nivalis var. plenus Weston Bot. Univ. 2: 336 (1771).
Galanthus nivalis var. scharlockii Casp. Schriften Königl. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsberg 8(Schutzungsb.): 18 (1868).
Galanthus nivalis var. spitzneri Podp. Výsl. Bryol. Výzk. Moravy 1: 5 (1904).
Galanthus nivalis var. stenopetalus Beck Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 19: 51 (1894).
Galanthus nivalis var. viridiapice Barr ex Bowles J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 48: xxxi (1923).
Galanthus scharlokii (Casp.) Baker Handb. Amaryll.: 17 (1888).
Galanthus umbricus Dammann Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1889: 4 (1889).
Galanthus warei J.Allen J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 13: 183 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Galanthus nivalis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Galanthus nivalis L.	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Galanthus nivalis

Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)

Galanthus nivalis L.

Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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