Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lavandula latifolia Medik. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfazema	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alhucema	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aspic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
bredbladig lavendel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
broadleaf lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
engelse laventel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espignol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espliego	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grande lavande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
großer speik	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavanda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavande aspic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
lavandin oil, abrial type	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
oil of spike lavender, spanish type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oleum spicae	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
spicae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
spike lavender	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spike lavender oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering top	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flowering tops	fresh flowering tops	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
flower	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
flowering top	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flower	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
flowering top	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
flowering top	Essential oil obtained by steam distillation of the flowering tops	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lavandula hybrida E.Rev. ex Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 469 (1895), nom. illeg.
Lavandula angustifolia Moench Methodus: 389 (1794), nom. illeg.
Lavandula cladophora Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 38 (1875).
Lavandula decipiens Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 38 (1875).
Lavandula erigens Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 88 (1868).
Lavandula guinardii Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 38 (1875).
Lavandula inclinans Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 88 (1868).
Lavandula interrupta Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 89 (1868).
Lavandula latifolia var. erigens (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 572 (1881).
Lavandula latifolia var. erigens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 257 (1909).
Lavandula latifolia var. tomentosa Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 472 (1895).
Lavandula latifolia var. vulgaris Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 472 (1895), not validly publ.
Lavandula major Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 330 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Lavandula ovata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 17 (1841).
Lavandula spica Cav. Descr. Pl.: 69 (1801), nom. illeg.
Lavandula spica var. latifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 572 (1753).
Lavandula spica subsp. latifolia Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 247 (1894).
Lavandula spica var. ramosa DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 379 (1815).
Lavandula spica var. vulgaris Ging. Hist. Nat. Lavand.: 154 (1826), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lavandula hybrida Rev.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lavandula latifolia	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Lavandula latifolia (L.f.) Medikus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Lavandula latifolia Medic.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Lavandula latifolia Medicus	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Lavandula latifolia Medik.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lavandula latifolia Medikus	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lavandula latifolia Vill.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

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