Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american ipecac	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)
carolina ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ipecac spurge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020)
wild ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agaloma ipecacuanhae (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 300 (1912).
Anisophyllum ipecacuanha (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 164 (1812).
Euphorbia atrorubens Engelm. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 101 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae f. linearis (Moldenke) Fernald Rhodora 50: 148 (1948).
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae var. portulacoides Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 101 (1862).
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 716 (1903).
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. linearis Moldenke Phytologia 2: 321 (1947).
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. orbiculata Moldenke Phytologia 2: 474 (1948).
Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. rubra Moldenke Phytologia 3: 117 (1949).
Tithymalus ipecacuanhae (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 69 (1860).
Vallaris ipecacuanhae (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 115 (1838).
Vallaris ipecacuanhae var. linearifolia Raf. Autik. Bot.: 96 (1840).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia ipecacuanha	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Euphorbia ipecacuanha L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.	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) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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