Plant Details

Accepted name:: Torreya nucifera (L.) Siebold & Zucc. [Taxaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
torreyae semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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

Caryotaxus nucifera (L.) Zucc. ex Henkel & W.Hochst. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 366 (1865).
Foetataxus nucifera (L.) J.Nelson Pinaceae: 168 (1866).
Podocarpus nucifer (L.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 388 (1830).
Taxodium nuciferum (L.) Brongn. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 559 (1845).
Taxus nucifera L. Sp. Pl.: 1040 (1753).
Torreya ascendens Nakai ex Uyeki Sci. Rep. Matsuyama Agric. Coll. 10(2): 3 (1953), nom. superfl.
Torreya fruticosa Nakai Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 26 (1938).
Torreya igaensis Doi & Morik. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 536 (1928).
Torreya macrosperma Miyoshi Rep. Nat. Monum. Invest. Pl. 32: 2 (1922).
Torreya nucifera var. articulata Miyoshi Tennenkinen-butsu-chosahakoku 3: 19 (1926).
Torreya nucifera var. prostrata Hornibr. Dwarf Conifers: 183 (1923).
Torreya nucifera var. radicans Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 194 (1919).
Torreya nucifera f. radicans (Nakai) den Ouden Man. Cult. Conif.: 448 (1965).
Torreya nucifera var. sphaerica Kimura Jap. J. Bot. 13: 519 (1948).
Torreya nucifera f. sphaerica (Kimura) Yonek. J. Jap. Bot. 80: 323 (2005).
Torreya unda Miyoshi Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 236 (1925).
Tumion nuciferum (L.) Greene Pittonia 2: 194 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Torreya nucifera (L.) Siebold & Zucc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Torreya nucifera Siebold et Zuccarini	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Torreya nuncifera Siebold et Zuccarini	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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