Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cistus creticus subsp. creticus [Cistaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cistus creticus L.
Infraspecies:: Cistus creticus subsp. trabutii (Maire) Dobignard

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
rock rose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
zistrose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cistus polymorphus Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 19 (1857).
Cistus villosus L. Gen. Pl., ed. 6.: pag. ult. (1764).
Cistus complicatus Spruner ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 70 (1878).
Cistus corsicus Loisel. Nouv. Not. Fl. France: 24 (1827).
Cistus creticus f. albus (O.E.Warb.) Demoly Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 45: 47 (2008).
Cistus creticus subsp. corsicus (Loisel.) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 11: 275 (1981).
Cistus creticus var. corsicus (Loisel.) Greuter Boissiera 13: 54 (1967).
Cistus creticus var. dalmaticus (H.Lindb.) Greuter Boissiera 13: 54 (1967).
Cistus creticus f. flavus Demoly Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 45: 47 (2008).
Cistus creticus var. jacquinii Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 25 (1856).
Cistus creticus var. morisii Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 26 (1856).
Cistus creticus var. tenorei Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 25 (1856).
Cistus cupanianus C.Presl Fl. Sicul.: 117 (1826).
Cistus dunalianus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 34 (1826).
Cistus garganicus Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829: 15 (1829).
Cistus ladanifer Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 209 (1812), sensu auct.
Cistus philothei Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 179 (1936).
Cistus polymorphus subsp. corsicus (Loisel.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 261 (1895), nom. superfl.
Cistus polymorphus var. corsicus (Loisel.) Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 342 (1877), nom. superfl.
Cistus polymorphus subvar. corsicus (Loisel.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 261 (1895), nom. superfl.
Cistus polymorphus f. leiocarpus (Rouy & Foucaud) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 400 (1898).
Cistus polymorphus var. leiocarpus Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 261 (1895).
Cistus polymorphus subvar. leiocarpus (Rouy & Foucaud) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 173 (1935).
Cistus polymorphus var. rumelicus Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 24 (1856).
Cistus polymorphus proles villosus (L.) Samp. Ann. Sci. Acad. Polytecn. Porto 4: 63 (1909), nom. illeg.
Cistus polymorphus subsp. villosus (L.) Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 22 (1857), nom. superfl.
Cistus polymorphus var. vulgaris Willk. Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 22 (1856), nom. illeg.
Cistus rotundifolius Sweet Cistineae: t. 75 (1828).
Cistus tomentosus Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 168 (1779), nom. illeg.
Cistus undulatus Moench Methodus: 245 (1794).
Cistus villosus f. albus O.E.Warb. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 55: 239 (1930).
Cistus villosus var. corsicus (Loisel.) Grosser in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 193: 15 (1903).
Cistus villosus subsp. corsicus (Loisel.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 261 (1895).
Cistus villosus var. dalmaticus H.Lindb. Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 48: 74 (1906).
Cistus villosus var. genuinus Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 437 (1867), not validly publ.
Cistus villosus var. rotundifolius (Sweet) Grosser in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 193: 16 (1903).
Cistus villosus var. undulatus Grosser in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 193: 16 (1903).
Cistus vulgaris var. undulatus Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 88 (1838).
Cistus vulgaris var. villosus (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 87 (1838), nom. superfl.
Cistus × incanus subsp. corsicus (Loisel.) Heywood Feddes Repert. 79: 60 (1968).
Cistus × incanus var. corsicus (Loisel.) Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 1: 162 (1847).
Cistus × incanus var. reichenbachii Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 182 (1904).
Cistus × incanus subsp. villosus (L.) Murb. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 1: 13 (1897).
Cistus × incanus var. villosus (L.) Murb. Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 325 (1931).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cistus polymorphus Willk.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cistus villosus auct.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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