Plant Details

Accepted name:: Houstonia caerulea L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anotis coerulea (L.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 535 (1834).
Anotis gentianoides (Endl.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 230 (1847).
Hedyotis brachiata Miq. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 60 (1880).
Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 286 (1833).
Hedyotis caerulea f. albiflora (Millsp.) Fosberg Castanea 19: 30 (1954).
Hedyotis caerulea f. benkei Fosberg Castanea 19: 31 (1954).
Hedyotis caerulea var. faxonorum (Pease & A.H.Moore) Fosberg Castanea 19: 30 (1954).
Hedyotis gentianoides Endl. Iconogr. Gen. Pl.: t. 89 (1840).
Houstonia caerulea f. albiflora Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia: 375 (1892).
Houstonia caerulea var. elatior (Michx.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 106 (1813).
Houstonia caerulea var. faxonorum Pease & A.H.Moore Rhodora 9: 210 (1907).
Houstonia caerulea var. piersii Barbour Proc. & Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 11: 558 (1908).
Houstonia caerulea var. toxonorum Stevens Ill. Guide Fl. Pl.: 582 (1910).
Houstonia faxonorum (Pease & A.H.Moore) Fernald Rhodora 29: 127 (1927).
Houstonia grandiflora Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5: 225 (1820).
Houstonia linnaei Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 85 (1803).
Houstonia linnaei var. elatior Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 84 (1803).
Houstonia pusilla J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 236 (1791), nom. illeg.
Houstonia serpyllifolia Graham Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2822 (1828), nom. illeg.
Oldenlandia caerulea (L.) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 174 (1856).
Poiretia erecta J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 263 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Houstonia caerulea L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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