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Accepted name:: Lolium perenne L. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bahmi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
italian ryegrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perennial rye grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perennial ryegrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
بهمي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 75 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Festuca perennis (L.) Columbus & J.P.Sm. Aliso 28: 66 (2010).
Hordeum compressum Boiss. & Orph. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 681 (1884), pro syn.
Lolium aechicum Rouville Monogr. Lolium: 35 (1853), orth. var.
Lolium agreste Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 748 (1817), pro syn.
Lolium annuum Bernh. Index Seminum (NKME, Erfordia) 1801: ? (1801), nom. illeg.
Lolium brasilianum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 443 (1829).
Lolium canadense Bernh. ex Rouville Monogr. Lolium: 27 (1853), pro syn.
Lolium cechicum Opiz in B.V.von Berchtold & P.M.Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 1: 379 (1836).
Lolium compressum Boiss. & Orph. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 845 (1859), pro syn.
Lolium cristatum Pers. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 108 (1894), pro syn.
Lolium felix Rouville Monogr. Lolium: 25 (1853), nom. superfl.
Lolium glumosum Planellas Fl. Gallega: 409 (1852).
Lolium gmelinii Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 328 (1782).
Lolium halleri C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 271 (1805).
Lolium jechelianum Opiz Lotos 2: 229 (1852).
Lolium latum Roth ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 492 (1821), pro syn.
Lolium marschallii Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 30(II): 103 (1857).
Lolium montevidense Rouville Monogr. Lolium: 33 (1853), pro syn.
Lolium perenne var. angustifolium Parn. Grass. Scotland 1(1): 142 (1842).
Lolium perenne var. aristatum Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris, éd. 2: 656 (1861), nom. illeg.
Lolium perenne var. aristulatum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 812 (1866).
Lolium perenne var. auriculatum Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 27: 124 (1877).
Lolium perenne var. brasilianum (Nees) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 355 (1898).
Lolium perenne var. commune Alef. Landw. Fl.: 357 (1866).
Lolium perenne var. compositum Schrad. Fl. Germ.: 397 (1806).
Lolium perenne f. compositum (Schrad.) Neuman Sver. Fl.: 730 (1901).
Lolium perenne subsp. compositum (Schrad.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 799 (1882).
Lolium perenne var. compressum Sibth. Fl. Oxon.: 50 (1794).
Lolium perenne var. condensatum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 812 (1866).
Lolium perenne var. confertum Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 1: 157 (1825).
Lolium perenne var. cristatum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 110 (1805).
Lolium perenne subsp. cristatum (Pers.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 120 (1890).
Lolium perenne var. furcatum Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 3(2): 612 (1856).
Lolium perenne var. geniculatum Hallier Bot. Zeitung (Berlin), App. 1: 8 (1863).
Lolium perenne var. humile Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 352 (1828).
Lolium perenne var. longiglume Grantzow Fl. Uckermarck: 351 (1860).
Lolium perenne f. microstachyum R.Uechtr. Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 57: 334 (1879 publ. 1880).
Lolium perenne var. monstrosum G.Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn., ed. 2: 211 (1825).
Lolium perenne var. orgiale Döll Fl. Baden: 116 (1855).
Lolium perenne var. pacyanum Plues Brit. Grass.: 215 (1867).
Lolium perenne var. pacyi Sturtev. Rep. (Annual) New York Agric. Exp. Sta., Geneva 1882: 77 (1993), nom. nud.
Lolium perenne var. paleaceum Döll Fl. Baden: 116 (1855).
Lolium perenne var. paniculatum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 93 (1821 publ. 1822).
Lolium perenne var. pauciflorum Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 754 (1902).
Lolium perenne f. polyanthum (Beck) Neuman Sver. Fl.: 730 (1901).
Lolium perenne var. polyanthum Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 112 (1890).
Lolium perenne var. purpurascens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 93 (1821 publ. 1822).
Lolium perenne var. ramosum G.Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn., ed. 2: 211 (1825), nom. illeg.
Lolium perenne var. ramosum Schumach. Enum. Pl. Saell. 1: 36 (1801).
Lolium perenne var. ramosum Sm. Fl. Brit. 1: 143 (1800).
Lolium perenne subsp. ramosum Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 799 (1882).
Lolium perenne var. russellianum Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn., ed. 2: ? (1824).
Lolium perenne var. scabriculme Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 98 (1942).
Lolium perenne var. secundum Tinant Fl. Luxemb.: 41 (1836).
Lolium perenne var. sphaerostachuym Mast. J. Bot. 1: 8 (1863).
Lolium perenne var. spicatum Schumach. Enum. Pl. Saelle 1: 36 (1801).
Lolium perenne var. spurium Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 2: 361 (1857).
Lolium perenne var. stickneiensis G.Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn., ed. 2: 211 (1825).
Lolium perenne var. stoloniferum C.Lawson Agric. Man.: 104 (1836).
Lolium perenne subsp. stoloniferum (C.Lawson) Wipff J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4: 683 (2010).
Lolium perenne f. tenue (L.) Neuman Sver. Fl.: 730 (1901).
Lolium perenne subsp. tenue Dumort. Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 98 (1824), nom. illeg.
Lolium perenne var. tenue (L.) Huds. Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 55 (1778).
Lolium perenne subsp. tenue (L.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 120 (1890).
Lolium perenne subsp. trabutii (Hochr.) Dobignard J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 46-47: 113 (2009).
Lolium perenne var. viviparum Schrad. Fl. Germ.: 398 (1806).
Lolium perenne var. viviparum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 93 (1821), nom. illeg.
Lolium perenne var. vulgare Schrad. Fl. Germ.: 397 (1806), not validly publ.
Lolium perenne var. whitworthiense G.Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn., ed. 2: 211 (1825).
Lolium pseudoitalicum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 812 (1866), pro syn.
Lolium repens Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 328 (1782).
Lolium rosetlanum Fig. & Delile ex Rouville Monogr. Lolium: 31 (1853), pro syn.
Lolium tenue L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 122 (1762).
Lolium trabutii Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 123 (1904).
Lolium vulgare Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 1: t. 25 (1801), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lolium perenne	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Lolium perenne L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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