Plant Details

Accepted name:: Botrychium multifidum (S.G.Gmel.) Rupr. [Ophioglossaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bayakhra	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tana	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Botrychium baeckeanum Brockmuller Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg 1863: 170 (1863).
Botrychium breynii Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. 1: 252 (1845).
Botrychium californicum Underw. Torreya 5: 107 (1905).
Botrychium coulteri Underw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 537 (1898).
Botrychium lunaria var. rutacea (Lilj.) Lilj. Utkast Sv. Fl., ed. 3: 516 (1816).
Botrychium lunaria var. rutaceum (Lilj.) Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 30 (1831).
Botrychium matricariae (Schrank) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 23 (1827).
Botrychium matricariifolium subsp. rutifolium (A.Braun) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 381 (1894).
Botrychium matricarioides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 62 (1810).
Botrychium multifidum var. australe Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 18: 86 (1916).
Botrychium multifidum subsp. californicum (Underw.) R.T.Clausen Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 19(2): 37 (1938).
Botrychium multifidum var. californicum (Underw.) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 40 (1938).
Botrychium multifidum subsp. coulteri (Underw.) R.T.Clausen Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 19(2): 36 (1938).
Botrychium multifidum var. coulteri (Underw.) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 40 (1938).
Botrychium multifidum var. dichotomum Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 18: 87 (1916).
Botrychium multifidum var. habereri (Gilbert) Farw. Amer. Fern J. 27: 16 (1937).
Botrychium multifidum var. intermedium (D.C.Eaton) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 18: 87 (1916).
Botrychium multifidum subsp. silaifolium (C.Presl) R.T.Clausen Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 271 (1937).
Botrychium multifidum var. silaifolium (C.Presl) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 41 (1938).
Botrychium multifidum var. simplicius Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 90 (1924).
Botrychium multifidum subsp. typicum R.T.Clausen Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 19(2): 30 (1938), not validly publ.
Botrychium multifidum var. typicum Wherry Bartonia 21: 12 (1942), not validly publ.
Botrychium obliquum var. habereri Gilbert Fern Bull. 11: 88 (1903).
Botrychium obliquum var. intermedium Underw. Nat. Ferns, ed. 6: 72 (1900).
Botrychium obliquum var. matricarioides Gilbert Fern Bull. 11: 99 (1903).
Botrychium obliquum var. multifidum (S.G.Gmel.) Clute Our Ferns Haunts, ed. 2: 88, 368 (1938).
Botrychium obliquum var. rutaceum Waters Ferns N.E. States: 335 (1903).
Botrychium occidentale Underw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 538 (1898).
Botrychium rutaceum (Lilj.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 110 (1801).
Botrychium rutifolium A.Braun Rhein. Fl.: 24 (1843).
Botrychium silaifolium C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 76 (1825).
Botrychium silaifolium var. californicum (Underw.) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 26 (1925).
Botrychium silaifolium var. coulteri (Underw.) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 26 (1925).
Botrychium silesiacum Kirschleger Fl. Alsace 2: 401 (1857).
Botrychium ternatum var. coulteri M.E.Jones Bull. Montana State Univ., Biol. Ser. 15: 7 (1910).
Botrychium ternatum f. coulteri Clute Fern Bull. 11: 116 (1903).
Botrychium ternatum var. intermedium D.C.Eaton in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 6: 694 (1890).
Botrychium ternatum f. intermedium (D.C.Eaton) Clute Fern Bull. 11: 116 (1903).
Botrychium ternatum var. silaifolium (C.Presl) Clute Fern Bull. 11: 117 (1903).
Botrychium ternatum f. silaifolium (C.Presl) Clute Fern Bull. 13: 118 (1905).
Osmunda bavarica Schmid Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 14: 7 (1803).
Osmunda lunaria var. beckeana L. Amoen. Acad. 8: 105 (1771).
Osmunda matricariae Schrank Baier. Fl. 2: 419 (1789).
Osmunda matricarioides Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 233 (1816).
Osmunda multifida S.G.Gmel. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 12: 517 (1768), nom. cons.
Osmunda rutacea Lilj. Utkast Sv. Fl.: 303 (1792).
Sceptridium californicum (Underw.) Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 457 (1905).
Sceptridium coulteri (Underw.) Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 457 (1905).
Sceptridium matricariae (Schrank) Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 458 (1905).
Sceptridium multifidum (S.G.Gmel.) M.Nishida J. Jap. Bot. 33: 200 (1958).
Sceptridium obliquum var. habereri Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 458 (1905).
Sceptridium obliquum var. intermedium (D.C.Eaton) Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 458 (1905).
Sceptridium silaifolium (C.Presl) Lyon Bot. Gaz. 40: 458 (1905).
Sceptridium ternatum var. californicum Clute Fern Bull. 14: 48 (1906).
Sceptridium ternatum var. coulteri Clute Fern Bull. 14: 48 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Botrychium multifidum (Gmelin) Ruprecht	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Rupr.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Botrychium multifidum (S.G.Gmel.) Rupr.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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