Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lycoris radiata (L'Hér.) Herb. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
石蒜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaryllis radiata L'Hér. Sert. Angl.: 15 (1789).
Lycoris radiata f. bicolor N.Yonez. J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 74 (1989).
Lycoris radiata var. kazukoana N.Yonez. J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 73 (1989).
Lycoris radiata var. pumila Grey Hardy Bulbs 2: 58 (1938).
Lycoris radiata var. terraccianii Dammann Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 44: 4 (1889).
Lycoris terracianii Dammann Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 44: 4 (1889).
Nerine japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 139 (1865).
Nerine japonica alba J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: xviii (1925).
Nerine radiata (L'Hér.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 403 (1826).
Orexis radiata (L'Hér.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 118 (1866), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaryllis radiata L’Herit.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lycoris radiata (L'Herit.) Herb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lycoris radiata (L'Hér.) Herb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lycoris radiata (L'herit.) Herbert	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lycoris radiata (L. Herit.) Herb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lycoris radiata (L’Herit.) Herb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lycoris radiata Herbich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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