Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malaxis unifolia Michx. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
green addersmouth orchid	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

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

Achroanthes laxiflora Raf. New Fl. 1: 58 (1836).
Achroanthes obtusifolia Raf. New Fl. 1: 58 (1836).
Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808), genus not validated.
Malaxis amplexicolumna E.W.Greenw. & R.González Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 8: 123 (1981).
Malaxis grisebachiana (Fawc. & Rendle) Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica 1: 43 (1910).
Malaxis ophioglossoides Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 90 (1805).
Malaxis thlaspiformis A.Rich. & Galeotti Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 18 (1845).
Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia Mousley Orchid Rev. 35: 163 (1927).
Malaxis unifolia f. variegata Mousley Orchid Rev. 35: 164 (1927).
Microstylis grisebachiana Fawc. & Rendle J. Bot. 47: 7 (1909).
Microstylis ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. ex Eaton Man. Bot., ed. 3: 353 (1822).
Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1290 (1829).
Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Prelim. Cat.: 51 (1888).
Microstylis unifolia var. bifolia (Mousley) Marg. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 109: 186 (2007 publ. 2008).
Orchis ophioglossoides Walter Fl. Carol.: 220 (1788).
Prescottia ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 706 (1826).

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

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

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