Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 11

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. adriaticum (Beck) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. apodum (Willk.) O.Bolòs

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. contiguum (W.D.J.Koch) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. cretaceum (Pobed.) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. hirundinaria

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. intermedium (Loret & Barrandon) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. jailicola (Juz.) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. lusitanicum Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. luteolum (Jord. & Fourr.) la Valva, Moraldo & Caputo

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. nivale (Boiss. & Heldr.) Markgr.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. stepposum (Pobed.) Markgr.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asclepias vincetoxicum	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asclepias vincetoxicum, folia	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
german ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ngo duk nyung ser po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
sngo dug nyung ser po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
swallowwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tulkört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weiße schwalbenwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white swallow wort	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
white swallow-wort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
white swallowwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
སྔོ་དུག་ཉུང་སེར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
催吐白薇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 274 (1805).
Vincetoxicum officinale Moench Methodus: 717 (1794), nom. superfl.
Alexitoxicon officinale St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 120 (1880), nom. superfl.
Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum (L.) H.P.Fuchs Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 72: 346 (1961).
Antitoxicum officinale Pobed. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 18: 697 (1952), nom. superfl.
Asclepias toxicaria Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 150 (1796), nom. superfl.
Asclepias vincetoxicum L. Sp. Pl.: 216 (1753).
Cynanchum vulgare Rchb. Fl. Lips. Pharm.: 40 (1817), nom. superfl.
Vincetoxicum alpinum Farrer Engl. Rock Gard. 2: 443 (1919), nom. superfl.
Vincetoxicum vincetoxicum (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 1030 (1883), not validly publ.
Vincetoxicum vulgare Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 311 (1800), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynanchum vinceto xicum (L.) Pers.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Cynanchum vincetoxicum （L.）Pers.	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vincetoxicum officinale	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Vincetoxicum officinale Moench	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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