Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cephalanthus occidentalis L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buttonbush	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
buttonwood shrub	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cephalanthus occidentalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
common buttonbush	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
crane willow	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
little snowball	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mountain globe flower	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pored dogwood	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
swampwood	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
white ball	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
风箱树叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
风箱树根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
风箱树花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cephalanthus berlandieri Wernham J. Bot. 55: 175 (1917).
Cephalanthus acuminatus Raf. New Fl. 3: 25 (1838).
Cephalanthus angustifolius Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 164 (1889), not validly publ.
Cephalanthus hansenii Wernham J. Bot. 55: 176 (1917).
Cephalanthus obtusifolius Raf. New Fl. 3: 25 (1838).
Cephalanthus obtusifolius Raf. New Fl. 3: 25 (1838).
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. brachypodus DC. Prodr. 4: 539 (1830).
Cephalanthus occidentalis subsp. californicus (Benth.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 19 (1982).
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. californicus Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 314 (1849).
Cephalanthus occidentalis f. lanceolatus Fernald Rhodora 49: 181 (1947).
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. macrophyllus Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 101 (1828).
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. obtusifolius Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 102 (1828).
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. pubescens Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 101 (1828).
Cephalanthus oppositifolius Moench Methodus: 487 (1794).
Cephalanthus pubescens (Raf.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 5 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cephalanthus berlandieri Wernham.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cephalanthus occidentalis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cephalanthus occidentalis L.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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