Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bistorta officinalis subsp. officinalis [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Bistorta officinalis Delarbre
Infraspecies:: Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
xuejie	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
草血竭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bistorta paleacea Yonek. & H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 72: 157 (1997), nom. superfl.
Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag. Rep. Mansh. 2: 290 (1930).
Polygonum paleaceum Wall. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 32 (1886), nom. superfl.
Bistorta abbreviata Kom. Fl. URSS 5: 724 (1936).
Bistorta confusa (Meisn.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904).
Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 25: 185 (1988).
Bistorta lapidosa Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 2: 290 (1938).
Bistorta major Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 267 (1821 publ. 1822).
Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974).
Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974).
Bistorta major var. japonica H.Hara J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 35 (1952).
Bistorta major var. ovata Nakai ex H.Hara Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 890 (1934).
Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek. Fl. Japan 2a: 145 (2006).
Bistorta subauriculata Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 4 (1926).
Bistorta vulgaris Hill Brit. Herb.: 488 (1756), opus utique oppr.
Colubrina intorta Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 268 (1856).
Polygonum abbreviatum Kom. Fl. URSS 5: 724 (1936).
Polygonum alopecuroides subsp. subauriculatum (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch. in A.K.Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. Issl. Razn. Raĭonakh SSSR: 163 (1985).
Polygonum alpestre Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 11: 290 (1861), nom. illeg.
Polygonum amoenum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 258 (1796).
Polygonum ampliusculum Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875).
Polygonum bistorta var. angustifolium Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 181 (1827).
Polygonum bistorta var. cordifolia Turcz. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 451 (1852).
Polygonum bistorta var. griseum Beck Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 6: 315 (1891).
Polygonum bistorta subsp. japonicum (H.Hara) T.Shimizu New Alp. Fl. Japan Color 2: 357 (1983).
Polygonum bistorta var. latifolium Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 180 (1827).
Polygonum bistorta var. ramosum Zobel Verz. Anhalt Phan. 3: 47 (1909).
Polygonum bistortoides Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 46 (1844), nom. illeg.
Polygonum bistortum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 168 (1867), orth. var.
Polygonum bourdinii Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 20 (1875).
Polygonum carthusianorum Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875).
Polygonum confusum Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 53 (1832).
Polygonum ensigerum Juz. Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 14(81): 36 (1957).
Polygonum pilatense Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875).
Polygonum subauriculatum Petrov ex Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 4 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bistorta officinalis subsp. officinalis	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Bistorta paleacea (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Yonek. & H.Ohashi	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonum lapidosum Kitag.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum paleaceum Wall.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum paleaceum Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum paleaceum Wallich ex J.D. Hooker var. paleaceum	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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