Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium japonicum var. japonicum [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cirsium japonicum DC.
Infraspecies:: 4

Cirsium japonicum f. arakii (Kitam.) Kitam.

Cirsium japonicum var. diabolicum (Kitam.) Kadota

Cirsium japonicum var. maritimum Konta & Katsuy.

Cirsium japonicum var. vestitum Kitam.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tangosazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
千針草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
南國薊	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大薊	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
小薊	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
罗平蓟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薊	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
雞角刺	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
雞過菜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cirsium belingschanicum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 110 (1926).
Cirsium japonicum var. australe Kitam. Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat.: 12 (1931).
Alfredia japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 185 (1866).
Cirsium bodinieri (Vaniot) H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 189 (1913).
Cirsium cerberus (Vaniot) H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 189 (1913).
Cirsium hainanense Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 33: 167 (1943).
Cirsium ibukiense Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 623 (1932).
Cirsium japonicum f. albiflorum G.Y.Li & D.Y.Ou Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 30: 1702 (2010), nom. illeg.
Cirsium japonicum f. albiflorum Akasawa Bull. Kochi Women's Univ., Ser. Nat. Sci. 25: 5 (1977).
Cirsium japonicum f. fukienense (Kitam.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41: 179 (1990).
Cirsium japonicum var. fukienense Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 149 (1932).
Cirsium japonicum var. horridum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 60 (1911).
Cirsium japonicum var. ibukiense (Nakai) Nakai ex Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 66 (1937).
Cirsium japonicum var. intermedium (Maxim.) Matsum. Index Pl. Jap. 2(2): 640 (1912).
Cirsium japonicum f. nakaianum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) W.Lee Fl. Korea: 1130 (1996).
Cirsium japonicum var. takaoense Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 57 (1932).
Cirsium japonicum var. villosum Kadota Fl. Japan 3b: 135 (1995).
Cirsium japonicum var. vulcani Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 60 (1911).
Cirsium kawakamii Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 159 (1911).
Cirsium kitagoense Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 25: 134 (1950).
Cirsium kiusianum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 366 (1912).
Cirsium lacinulatum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 622 (1932).
Cirsium maackii var. horridum (Nakai) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 375 (1912).
Cirsium maackii var. intermedium (Maxim.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 376 (1912).
Cirsium maackii var. kiusianum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 624 (1932).
Cirsium maackii var. vulcani (Nakai) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 372 (1912).
Cirsium nakaianum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 378 (1912).
Cirsium senile Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 623 (1932).
Cirsium smithianum Petr. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 50: 175 (1943).
Cirsium taquetii Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 373 (1912).
Cirsium xanthacanthum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 619 (1932).
Cnicus bodinieri Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 121 (1903).
Cnicus cerberus Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 120 (1903).
Cnicus japonicus var. intermedius Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 19: 325 (1873).
Cnicus nakaianus H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910).
Cnicus taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cirsium belingschanicum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cirsium japonicum DC. var. australe Kitam.	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

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