Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cymbopogon tortilis (J.Presl) A.Camus [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
扭鞘香茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthistiria tortilis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 347 (1830).
Cymbopogon hamatulus (Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 1: 284 (1921).
Andropogon hamatulus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 244 (1838).
Andropogon nardus subsp. hamatulus (Hook. & Arn.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 606 (1889).
Cymbopogon jinshaensis R.Zhang & C.H.Li J. Pl. Resourc. Environ. 2(2): 39 (1993), no type herbarium cited.
Cymbopogon nardus subsp. hamatulus (Hook. & Arn.) Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 376 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amthistiria tortilis Presl	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cymbopogon hamatulus Camus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cymbopogon tortilis (J.Presl) A.Camus	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cymbopogon tortilis (Presl) A. Camus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cymbopogon tortilis (Presl) A.Camus	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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