Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carex arenaria L. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
caricis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
german-sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
junça-das-areas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sand carex	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sand sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sand-segge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sandriedgraswurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
sandstarr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zarzaparilla de alemania	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carex arenaria var. adjuncta Merino Fl. Galicia 3: 163 (1909).
Carex arenaria f. pallida Lackow. Fl. Berl., ed. 12: 21 (1901).
Carex arenaria var. prostrata De Langhe Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 104: 15 (1971).
Carex arenaria var. pseudoarenaria T.Marsson Fl. Neu-Vorpommern: 523 (1869).
Carex arenaria f. pumila Lackow. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 7: 171 (1901).
Carex arenaria f. remota (T.Marsson) Almq. in L.M.Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 714 (1901).
Carex arenaria var. remota T.Marsson Fl. Neu-Vorpommern: 523 (1869).
Carex arenaria var. spiralis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 30 (1902).
Carex arenaria var. tenuis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 30 (1902).
Carex intermedia d'Urv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 378 (1822), nom. illeg.
Carex sabuletorum M.Bieb. ex Boott Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 178 (1867).
Carex schreberi Desv. Fl. Anjou: 73 (1827), nom. illeg.
Carex spadicea Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 546 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Carex witheringii Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 48 (1821 publ. 1822).
Vignea arenaria (L.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 3: 1618 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carex arenaria	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Carex arenaria L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carex arenaria Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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