Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière [Pinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atlantic cedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
atlas cedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cedarwood atlas	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cèdre de l'atlas	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
wood	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

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

Abies atlantica (Endl.) Lindl. & Gordon J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 214 (1850).
Cedrus africana Gordon ex Knight Syn. Conif. Pl.: 42 (1850).
Cedrus argentea Renou Ann. Forrest. (Paris, 1842-54) 3: 3 (1854).
Cedrus atlantica f. argentea (Renou) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 31 (1949).
Cedrus atlantica var. argentea (Renou) A.Murray bis in E.J.Ravenscroft, Pinet. Brit. 3: 224 (1867).
Cedrus atlantica columnaris-erecta Otin ex Chargueraud Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 476 (1889).
Cedrus atlantica fastigiata Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 62: 32 (1890).
Cedrus atlantica f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 31 (1949).
Cedrus atlantica var. glauca Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 374 (1867).
Cedrus atlantica f. glauca (Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 32 (1887).
Cedrus atlantica glauca-pendula Paillet ex Beissn. Gartenwelt 1900: 221 (1900).
Cedrus atlantica pendula Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 160 (1875).
Cedrus atlantica f. pendula (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 31 (1949).
Cedrus atlantica var. pendula (Carrière) Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 160 (1875).
Cedrus atlantica var. variegata Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 374 (1867).
Cedrus libani var. africana A.Murray bis in E.J.Ravenscroft, Pinet. Brit. 3: 223 (1867).
Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab. Fl. Algérie Tunisie: 397 (1905).
Cedrus libani var. atlantica (Endl.) Parl. ex Salomon Deutschl. Winterh. Bäme: 21 (1884).
Cedrus libani f. glauca (Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 31 (1887).
Cedrus libani var. glauca Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 284 (1855).
Cedrus libani f. glaucissima P.D.Sell Watsonia 18: 92 (1990), nom. superfl.
Cedrus libanitica subsp. atlantica (Endl.) O.Schwarz Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 54: 29 (1944).
Cedrus libanotica subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Jahand. & Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 13 (1931).
Cedrus libanotica var. glauca Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 285 (1855).
Cedrus libanotica f. glauca (Carrière) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 6 (1932).
Cedrus libanotica f. viridis H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 6 (1932).
Pinus atlantica Endl. Syn. Conif.: 137 (1847).
Pinus cedrus var. atlantica (Endl.) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 408 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cedrus atlantica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G.Manetti ex Carriere	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti Ex Carriere	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carriere	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cedrus atlantica (Endlicher) Manetti ex Carriere	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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