Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abies alba Mill. [Pinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fichtennadelöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
fir trees	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
frische fichtenspitzen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
pez amarelo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pez branco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pez de borgonha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pez dos vosgos	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
piceae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
piceae turiones recentes	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
resina amarela	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
sapin argenté	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
sapin blanc	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
silver fir	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
пихта	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bud		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
	vegetal drug, resin	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf (needle), terminal branchlet	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 61 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abies abies Rusby Bull. Pharm. (Paris), reimpr.: 16 (1892), not validly publ.
Abies pectinata (Lam.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 276 (1805), nom. illeg.
Abies alba subsp. apennina Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. Veg. Aspromonte: 41 (2001).
Abies alba var. aurea Anon. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 5: 231 (1874).
Abies alba var. brevifolia Mattf. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 35: 22 (1925), nom. nud.
Abies alba var. columnaris (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 151 (1913).
Abies alba f. columnaris (Carrière) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 55 (1919).
Abies alba f. compacta (Parsons) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 204 (1925).
Abies alba var. compacta (Parsons) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 34 (1927).
Abies alba var. glauca Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 3 (1858).
Abies alba var. pardei (Gaussen) Silba Phytologia 68: 9 (1990).
Abies alba subsp. pardei (Gaussen) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 36 (2008).
Abies alba f. pendula (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 11 (1949).
Abies alba lusus pendula (Carrière) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 191 (1897).
Abies alba f. pyramidalis (Carrière) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1237 (1895).
Abies argentea Chambray Traité Prat. Arbr. Résin. Conif.: 17 (1845).
Abies candicans Fisch. ex Endl. Syn. Conif.: 96 (1847), pro syn.
Abies duplex Hormuz. Bull. Sect. Sci. Acad. Roumaine 10: 194 (1927).
Abies excelsa Link Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1827: 182 (1827), nom. illeg.
Abies excelsa var. baldensis (Zuccagni) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 674 (1881).
Abies excelsa var. chlorocarpa Purk. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 674 (1881), nom. nud.
Abies metensis Gordon Pinetum, ed. 2: 211 (1875).
Abies miniata Knight ex Gordon Pinetum, ed. 2: 8 (1875).
Abies minor Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 412 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Abies nobilis A.Dietr. Fl. Berlin 2: 793 (1824), nom. superfl.
Abies pardei Gaussen Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 57: 358 (1928 publ. 1929).
Abies pardei subsp. pancicii Rac & Lovric Simpoz. Proucavanje Biljnog Zivotinjskog Sveta sa Aspekta Problema Zaštite i Unapredenja Zivotne Sredine Kragujevac: 80 (1988).
Abies pectinata var. columnaris Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 8: 40 (1859).
Abies pectinata var. pendula Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 207 (1855).
Abies pectinata f. pendula (Carrière) Conw. Abh. Landesk. Prov. Westpreussen 9: 161 (1895).
Abies pectinata var. pendula-gracilis Sénécl. Conifères: 14 (1868).
Abies pectinata var. podolica R.I.Schröd. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1899: 121 (1899).
Abies pectinata var. pyramidalis Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 207 (1855).
Abies picea (L.) Lindl. Penny Cyclop. 1: 29 (1833), nom. illeg.
Abies rinzii K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 218 (1873).
Abies taxifolia Desf. Hort. Par. 3: 356 (1809).
Abies taxifolia Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust. 1: 3 (1755).
Abies taxifolia Raf. New Fl. 1: 38 (1836).
Abies tenuirifolia Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 121 (1909).
Abies vulgaris Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 514 (1804).
Peuce abies Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 298 (1810), not validly publ.
Picea excelsa Wender. Pfl. Bot. Gärt. 1(Conif.): 11 (1851), nom. illeg.
Picea kukunaria Wender. Pfl. Bot. Gärt.: 11 (1851).
Picea metensis Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 152 (1858).
Picea pectinata (Lam.) Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2329 (1838).
Picea pectinata var. compacta Parsons Descr. Cat. Orn. Trees: 65 (1887).
Picea pectinata var. pendula (Carrière) Godefroy ex Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 153 (1858).
Picea pyramidalis Gordon Pinetum, Suppl.: 49 (1862).
Picea rinzi Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 152 (1858), pro syn.
Picea tenuifolia Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 433 (1891).
Pinus abies Du Roi Diss. Inaug. Obs. Bot.: 39 (1771), nom. illeg.
Pinus abies var. pectinata (Lam.) Christ Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 3: 542 (1863).
Pinus alba (Mill.) Münchh. Hausvater 5(1): 222 (1770).
Pinus baldensis Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 46 (1806).
Pinus heterophylla K.Koch Linnaea 22: 295 (1849).
Pinus lucida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 399 (1796).
Pinus pectinata Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 202 (1779), nom. superfl.
Pinus picea L. Sp. Pl.: 1001 (1753).
Pinus picea f. columnaris (Carrière) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).
Pinus picea f. pendula (Carrière) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).
Pinus picea f. pyramidalis (Carrière) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abies abies Rusby	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Abies alba	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Abies alba Mill	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Abies alba Mill.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Abies alba Miller	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Abies alba Mill.	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
Abies pectina D. C.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Abies pectinata (Lamarck) DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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