Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hemionitis nivea (Poir.) Christenh. [Pteridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cuti cuti	Other	Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013)
cuti cuti hembra	Other	Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013)
doradilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013)
tupasaire	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
entire plant	dry entire plant	Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013)
Leaf, Plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Argyrochosma nivea (Poir.) Windham Amer. Fern J. 77: 41 (1987).
Argyrochosma nivea var. flava (Hook.) Ponce Hickenia 2: 177 (1996).
Notholaena nivea (Poir.) Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 1: 93 (1813).
Notholaena nivea var. flava Hook. Sp. Fil. 5: 112 (1864).
Pellaea nivea (Poir.) Prantl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 417 (1882).
Acrostichum albidulum Cav. Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 16, 205 (1806).
Acrostichum flavens Sw. Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 16, 204 (1806).
Acrostichum niveum (Poir.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 212 (1827).
Acrostichum tereticaulon Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 310 (1811).
Argyrochosma flava (Hook.) M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. Phytotaxa 332: 206 (2017).
Argyrochosma nivea var. tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Ponce Hickenia 2: 177 (1996).
Argyrochosma tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. Phytotaxa 332: 206 (2017).
Cincinalis chrysophylla (Klotzsch) Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. 17: 32 (1862).
Cincinalis flavens (Sw.) Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 329 (1811).
Cincinalis nivea (Poir.) Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 313 (1811).
Cincinalis tarapacana Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 91 (1891).
Cincinalis tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 160 (1852).
Gymnogramma flavens (Sw.) Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 77 (1824).
Gymnogramma nivea (Poir.) Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 7 (1859).
Gymnogramma tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 7 (1859).
Notholaena albidula (Cav.) J.W.Sturm Abh. Naturhist. Ges. Nürnberg 2: 16 (1858), not validly publ.
Notholaena chrysophylla Klotzsch Allg. Gartenzeitung 1855: 265 (1855).
Notholaena flavens (Sw.) T.Moore Index Fil.: lxx (1857).
Notholaena nivea var. tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 342 (1879).
Notholaena tenera Gillies ex Hook. Bot. Mag. 58: t. 3055 (1831).
Notholaena tenera var. major Christ Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 1: 300 (1902).
Pellaea flavens (Sw.) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 9 (1905).
Pellaea nivea f. flavens (Sw.) Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 390 (1896).
Pellaea nivea f. tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 390 (1896).
Pellaea peruviana Copel. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 302 (1941).
Pellaea tenera (Gillies ex Hook.) Prantl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 417 (1882).
Pteris nivea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 718 (1804).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Argyrochosma nivea (Poir.) Desv.	Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013)
Argyrochosma nivea (Poir.) Windham	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Argyrochosma nivea (Poir.) Windham var. nivea	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Argyrochosma nivea var. flava (Hook.) Ponce	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Hemionitis nivea (Poir.) Christenh.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Notholaena nivea (Poir.) Desv.	Spp. Used as Anti-Diabetics in Lima, Peru (Bussmann et al., 2013) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Notholaena nivea (Poir.) Desv. var. flava Hook.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pellaea nivea (Poiret) Prantl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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