Plant Details

Accepted name:: Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. [Liliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
claspleaf twistedstalk	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Convallaria amplexifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 1: 115 (1906).
Convallaria dichotoma Thibaud ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 378 (1805).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 311 (1829).
Streptopus amplexifolius subsp. americanus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 17: 18 (1965).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. chalazatus Fassett Rhodora 37: 97 (1935).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. denticulatus Fassett Rhodora 37: 98 (1935).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. genuinus Fassett Rhodora 37: 97 (1935), not validly publ.
Streptopus amplexifolius var. grandiflorus Fassett Rhodora 37: 99 (1935).
Streptopus amplexifolius f. indivisus Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 82: 189 (1955).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. oreopolus Fassett Rhodora 37: 99 (1935).
Streptopus amplexifolius var. papillatus Ohwi Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 185 (1931).
Streptopus distortus Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 200 (1803).
Streptopus fassetii Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 30: 511 (1981).
Tortipes amplexifolius (L.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 298 (1933).
Uvularia amplexicaulis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Uvularia amplexifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 304 (1753).
Uvularia distorta (Michx.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 360 (1805).

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

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

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