Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fouquieria splendens Engelm. [Fouquieriaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Fouquieria splendens subsp. breviflora Henrard

Fouquieria splendens subsp. campanulata (Nash) Henrard

Fouquieria splendens subsp. splendens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ocotillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vine-cactus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fouqueria splendens	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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