Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pleione yunnanensis (Rolfe) Rolfe [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
appendiculate cremastra pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
appendiculate cremastra pseudobulb or common pleione pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
common pleione pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cremastrae pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
cremastrae pseudobulbus, pleiones pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pleiones pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pseudobulbus cremastrae seu pleiones	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shancigu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
山慈菇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pseudobulb	dried pseudobulb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Bulb		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
pseudobulb	dried pseudobulb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coelogyne yunnanensis Rolfe J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 23 (1903).
Pleione chiwuana Tang & F.T.Wang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 78 (1951).
Pleione yunnanensis var. chiwuana (Tang & F.T.Wang) G.Kleinh. ex Torelli & Riccab. Caesiana 14: 127 (2000).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coelogyne yunnanensis Rolfe	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pleione chiwuana Tang & Wang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pleione yunnanensis	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Pleione yunnanensis (Rolfe) Rolfe	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pleione yunnanensis Rolfe	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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