Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quercus virginiana Mill. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dryopsila virens (Aiton) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 28 (1838).
Quercus andromeda Riddell New Orleans Med. J. 9: 614 (1853).
Quercus hemisphaerica Endl. Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 25 (1848), nom. illeg.
Quercus phellos var. obtusifolia Lam. Encycl. 1: 722 (1785).
Quercus phellos var. sempervirens Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 124 (1785).
Quercus sempervirens Walter Fl. Carol.: 234 (1788), nom. illeg.
Quercus virens Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 356 (1789).
Quercus virginiana var. eximea Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 65: 447 (1918).
Quercus virginiana var. typica A.Camus Chênes, Texte 2: 449 (1939), not validly publ.
Quercus virginiana var. virescens Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 65: 446 (1918).
Quercus virginiana f. virescens (Sarg.) Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 112 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quercus virginiana	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Quercus virginiana Mill.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Quercus virginiana Miller	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Quercus virginiana P. Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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