Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Lavandula angustifolia Mill.
Infraspecies:: Lavandula angustifolia subsp. pyrenaica (DC.) Guinea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfazema	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
alhucema	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
alhucema, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
common lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echter lavendel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espliego común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khuzama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavanda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavanda aptečnaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavanda fina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavanda, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
lavande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavande vraie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavande à feuilles étroites	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavandin oil, abrial type	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
lavandula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavendel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
lavender oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
true lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xun yi cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
لافندر‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫خازمى	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Leaf	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
flowering tops	fresh flowering tops	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
flower	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
flower	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flor fresca		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lavandula officinalis Chaix Pl. Vapinc.: 51 (1785).
Lavandula spica L. Sp. Pl.: 572 (1753), nom. rej.
Lavandula vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 403 (1779).
Lavandula angustifolia f. albiflora (Rehder) Geerinck Taxonomania 14: 5 (2004).
Lavandula angustifolia var. delphinensis (Jord. ex Billot) O.Bolòs & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 14: 95 (1983).
Lavandula delphinensis Jord. ex Billot Cent. 27, 28: 4 (1859).
Lavandula fragrans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 78 (1796).
Lavandula minor Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 331 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Lavandula officinalis f. alba (Ging.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 47: 173 (1947).
Lavandula officinalis f. albiflora Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 428 (1939).
Lavandula officinalis var. delphinensis (Jord. ex Billot) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 255 (1909).
Lavandula spica var. angustifolia (Ging.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 466 (1895).
Lavandula spica var. delphinensis (Jord. ex Billot) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 572 (1881).
Lavandula vera var. alba Ging. Hist. Nat. Lavand.: 147 (1826).
Lavandula vera var. angustifolia Ging. Hist. Nat. Lavand.: 147 (1826).
Lavandula vera var. ligustica De Not. Repert. Fl. Ligust.: 313 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lavandula angustifolia Mill. subsp. angustifolia	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Lavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Lavandula offi cinalis	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Lavandula officcinalis Chaix ex Villars	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Lavandula officinalis	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Lavandula officinalis Chaix	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Lavandula officinalis Chaix & Kitt	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Lavandula officinalis Chaix and Kitt	Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002)
Lavandula officinalis Chaix ex Villars	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Lavandula officinalis Chaix.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Lavandula officinalis L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Lavandula spica DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lavandula spica L.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Lavandula vulgaris Lam.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)

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