Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cornus amomum Mill. [Cornaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
silky dogwood	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cornus amomum var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) Rickett Rhodora 36: 274 (1934).
Cornus atrata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 61 (1838).
Cornus coerulea Lam. Encycl. 2: 116 (1786).
Cornus cyanocarpus Moench Verz. Ausländ. Bäume: 27 (1785).
Cornus cyanocarpus var. albescens Farw. Rhodora 33: 70 (1931).
Cornus ferruginea Lam. Encycl. 2: 116 (1786).
Cornus ferulacea Jacq. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 325 (1818).
Cornus ferulifolia Nocca Syn. Pl. Hort. Ticin.: 38 (1803).
Cornus ignorata K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1867(App. 1): 8 (1867).
Cornus lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 92 (1803).
Cornus mexicana Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 460 (1875).
Cornus minor Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 421 (1840).
Cornus oblongifolia Raf. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 272 (1830).
Cornus polygama Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 78 (1817).
Cornus rubiginosa Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 15 (1789).
Cornus sericea var. schuetzeana C.A.Mey. Cornus-Arten: 23 (1845).
Swida amomum (Mill.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 854 (1903).
Swida amomum var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) A.Haines Bot. Notes 13: 6 (2010).
Thelycrania amomum (Mill.) Pojark. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 165 (1950).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cornus amomum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cornus amomum Mill.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cornus amomum Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cornus amomum P. Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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