Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dichorisandra hexandra (Aubl.) C.B.Clarke [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dichorisandra affinis Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1185 (1830).
Aneilema ecuadoriense Steyerm. Phytologia 9: 339 (1963).
Commelina hexandra Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 35 (1775).
Convallaria diffusa Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 143, t. 160 (1829).
Dichorisandra aubletiana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1181 (1830), nom. illeg.
Dichorisandra aubletiana var. affinis (Mart.) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 274 (1881).
Dichorisandra aubletiana var. brasiliensis Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1181 (1830).
Dichorisandra aubletiana var. intermedia (Mart.) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 274 (1881).
Dichorisandra aubletiana var. ovata (Mart.) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 274 (1881).
Dichorisandra aubletiana var. persicariifolia C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 274 (1881).
Dichorisandra gracilis Nees & Mart. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 14 (1823).
Dichorisandra hexandra var. persicariifolia (C.B.Clarke) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 8 (1931).
Dichorisandra inaequalis C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 140 (1828).
Dichorisandra intermedia Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1183 (1830).
Dichorisandra mexicana C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 140 (1828).
Dichorisandra ovalifolia C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 140 (1828).
Dichorisandra ovata Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1182 (1830).
Dichorisandra ovata var. ramosior Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1182 (1830).
Dichorisandra scandens Gardner ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 274 (1881).
Dichorisandra schomburgkiana Klotzsch in R.H.Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana: 897 (1841).
Dichorisandra siebertii Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 183 (1885).
Dichorisandra tenuior Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1183 (1830).
Stickmannia gracilis (Nees & Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Stickmannia hexandra (Aubl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Stickmannia inaequalis (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Stickmannia mexicana (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Stickmannia ovalifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Stickmannia tenuior (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 721 (1891).
Tradescantia aubletii J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 533 (1791).
Tradescantia divaricata Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 34 (1797).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dichorisandra affinis Mart.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Dichorisandra hexandra (Aubl.) C.B.Clarke	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dichorisandra hexandra (Aubl.) Standl.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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