Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eriocaulon buergerianum Körn. [Eriocaulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buerger pipewort	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
eriocauli flos	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
flos eriocauli	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gu jing cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gujingcao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
pipewort capitulum	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pipewort flower	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
小谷精草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
穀精草	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
谷精草	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:
capitulum	dried capitulum with peduncle	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
capitulum	dried capitulum	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
inflorescence with peduncle	dried inflorescence with peduncle	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
capitulum	dried capitulum with peduncle	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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

Eriocaulon chishingsanensis C.E.Chang Fl. Taiwan 5: 180 (1978).
Eriocaulon pachypetalum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 10: 52 (1921).
Eriocaulon whangii Ruhland Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 1040 (1930).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eriocaulon buergarianum Koenh.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eriocaulon buergerianum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Eriocaulon buergerianum Koern.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eriocaulon buergerianum Korn.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Eriocaulon buergerianum Kornicke	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eriocaulon buergerianum Körn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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