Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
starry false solomon's seal	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asteranthemum stellatum (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 109 (1913).
Asteranthemum vulgare Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 152 (1850), nom. illeg.
Asteranthemum vulgare var. uniflorum (Pursh) Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 153 (1850).
Convallaria hybrida Marchal Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 4: 343 (1829).
Convallaria stellata L. Sp. Pl.: 316 (1753).
Smilacina liliacea (Greene) Wynd Amer. Midl. Naturalist 17: 902 (1936).
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 566 (1875), not validly publ.
Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 62 (1807).
Smilacina stellata var. crassa Vict. Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 14: 16 (1929).
Smilacina stellata f. paniculata H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 50: 4 (1937).
Smilacina stellata var. sessilifolia (Nutt. ex Baker) L.F.Hend. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 358 (1900).
Smilacina stellata var. sylvatica Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 66 (1940).
Smilacina stellata var. uniflora Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 733 (1813).
Tovaria sessilifolia Nutt. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 566 (1875).
Tovaria stellata (L.) Neck. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 565 (1875).
Unifolium liliaceum Greene Pittonia 1: 280 (1889).
Unifolium sessilifolium (Nutt. ex Baker) Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 287 (1888).
Unifolium stellatum (L.) Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 287 (1888).
Vagnera angustifolia Raf. Autik. Bot.: 68 (1840).
Vagnera leptopetala Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 268 (1901).
Vagnera liliacea (Greene) Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 101 (1900).
Vagnera sessilifolia (Nutt. ex Baker) Greene Man. Bot. San Francisco: 316 (1894).
Vagnera stellata (L.) Morong Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 181 (1894).
Vagnera stellata var. mollis Farw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 357 (1915).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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