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Accepted name:: Heracleum sphondylium subsp. elegans (Crantz) Schübl. & G.Martens [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Heracleum sphondylium L.
Infraspecies:: 14

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. algeriense (Coss. ex Batt. & Trab.) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. alpinum (L.) Bonnier & Layens

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. artvinense (Manden.) P.H.Davis

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. aurasiacum (Maire) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. embergeri Maire

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. granatense (Boiss.) Briq.

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. orsinii (Guss.) H.Neumayer

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. pyrenaicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. suaveolens (Litard. & Maire) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. ternatum (Velen.) Brummitt

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. transsilvanicum (Schur) Brummitt

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. trifoliolatum (Blanch.) Kerguélen

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. verticillatum (Pančić) Brummitt

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american cow-parsnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. montanum (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Briq. in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 2, 1: 372 (1905).
Heracleum austriacum var. elegans Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 1(3): 155 (1767).
Heracleum ceretanum Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 651 (1926 publ. 1927).
Heracleum cordatum C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 135 (1822).
Heracleum dubium Ten. Fl. Napol. 5: t. 221 (1836).
Heracleum elegans (Crantz) Jacq. Fl. Austriac. 2: t. 175 (1774).
Heracleum montanum Schleich. ex Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 319 (1828).
Heracleum palmatum var. palmatisectum Akinf. Fl. Cauc. Centr.: 204 (1894).
Heracleum panaces DC. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 289 (1879), not validly publ.
Heracleum protheiforme var. elegans Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 3: 11 (1767).
Heracleum pyrenaicum subsp. cordatum (C.Presl) F.Pedrotti & S.Pignatti Giorn. Bot. Ital. 116: 94 (1982 publ. 1983).
Heracleum pyrenaicum f. setosum (Lapeyr.) Reduron Ombellif. France 3: 1430 (2007).
Heracleum pyrenaicum var. setosum (Lapeyr.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 510 (1815).
Heracleum redolens Jord. in F.W.Schultz, Arch. Fl. France Allemagne: 316 (1854).
Heracleum setosum Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 153 (1813).
Heracleum setosum var. redolens (Jord.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 381 (1901).
Heracleum sphondylium var. elegans (Crantz) C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 659 (1805).
Heracleum sphondylium f. elegans (Crantz) Reduron Ombellif. France 3: 1485 (2007).
Heracleum sphondylium var. montanum (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Moritzi Pfl. Schweiz: 143 (1832).
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. panaces Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 128 (1894).
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. setosum (Lapeyr.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 691 (1936).
Pastinaca cordata (C.Presl) Calest. Webbia 1: 245 (1905).
Pastinaca montana (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Calest. Webbia 1: 245 (1905).
Pastinaca setosa (Lapeyr.) Calest. Webbia 1: 245 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. montanum (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Briq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

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