Plant Details

Accepted name:

Pimpinella saxifraga L. [Apiaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Pimpinella saxifraga subsp. nigra (Mill.) Gaudin

Pimpinella saxifraga subsp. saxifraga

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bedrenec kamnelomkovyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bibernelle kleine	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
bibernellkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bibernellwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bockrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
boucage	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
burnet saxifrage	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
burnet, saxifrage	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
burnet-saxifrage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pimpernella	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
pimpinella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pimpinella saxifraga	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pimpinellae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
pimpinellae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
pimpinellae readix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saxifraga menor	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
solidstem burnet saxifrage	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Apium saxifragum (L.) Calest. Webbia 1: 178 (1905).
Carum saxifraga (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 178 (1879).
Pimpinella variifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 168 (1796), nom. superfl.
Tragoselinum saxifragum (L.) Moench Methodus: 99 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pimpinella saxifraga	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pimpinella saxifraga L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Pimpinella saxifraga Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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