Plant Details

Accepted name:: Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch [Pinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alaskan larch	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
american larch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arabinogalactan	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
eastern larch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hackmatack	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kanadalärk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
larch fiber	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
larch gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
red larch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tamarack	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
wood		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
wood	powder	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Larix americana Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 203 (1803).
Abies microcarpa (Lamb.) Lindl. Penny Cyclop. 1: 33 (1833).
Larix alaskensis W.Wight Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 174 (1907).
Larix americana var. incurva Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 47: 160 (1894).
Larix americana var. prolifera Loudon Arbot. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2401 (1838).
Larix americana var. rubra Loudon Arbot. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2400 (1838).
Larix dahurica var. americana (Michx.) Henkel & W.Hochst. Syn. Nadelhölz.: 133 (1865).
Larix fraseri Curtis ex Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 129 (1858), not validly publ.
Larix intermedia (Du Roi) Lodd. ex J.Forbes Pinet. Woburn.: 141 (1839).
Larix laricina var. alaskensis (W.Wight) Raup Sargentia 6: 105 (1947).
Larix laricina subsp. alaskensis (W.Wight) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 51 (2008).
Larix laricina var. americana (Michx.) Lemmon Rep. (Annual) Calif. State Board Forest. 3: 108 (1890).
Larix laricina f. depressa J.Rousseau Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 66(17): 28 (1931).
Larix laricina var. lutea Jaurès & Ferré Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse 1(3)33: 6 (1949).
Larix laricina f. lutea (Jaurès & Ferré) Ouden & Boom Man. Cult. Conif.: 215 (1978).
Larix laricina var. parvistrobus Jaurès & Ferré Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse 1(4)33: 4 (1949).
Larix laricina f. parvistrobus (Jaurès & Ferré) Ouden & Boom Man. Cult. Conif.: 215 (1978).
Larix microcarpa (Lamb.) Mirb. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 71 (1825).
Larix rubra Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 10 (1840), not validly publ.
Larix tenuifolia Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 313 (1807), nom. superfl.
Picea microcarpa (Lamb.) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 236 (1838-1845).
Pinus intermedia Du Roi Harbk. Baumz., ed. 2: 114 (1800).
Pinus laricina Du Roi Diss. Inaug. Obs. Bot.: 49 (1771).
Pinus larix var. alba Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 315 (1790).
Pinus larix var. americana Pall. Fl. Ross. 1(2): t. 1, f. 2 (1789).
Pinus larix var. nigra Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 315 (1790).
Pinus larix var. rubra Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 315 (1790).
Pinus microcarpa Lamb. Descr. Pinus 1: 56 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Larix americana	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Larix americana Michx.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Larix laricina	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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