Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phalaris canariensis L. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpista	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alpiste	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alpiste des canaries	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canary	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
canary grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kanaai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kanariegräs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanariengras	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanarii-kusa-yoshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scagliola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seed canary grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phalaris aquatica Delile ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 471 (1884), pro syn.
Phalaris avicularis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 17 (1796), nom. superfl.
Phalaris canariensis f. bracteata Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 3, 6: 135 (1917).
Phalaris canariensis f. colorata Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 3, 52: 213 (1942).
Phalaris canariensis var. debilis Tocl & Rohlena Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 49: 1 (1902).
Phalaris canariensis var. nigra Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 135 (1812).
Phalaris canariensis var. subcylindrica Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 271 (1912).
Phalaris canariensis var. tenuis Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 3, 52: 213 (1942).
Phalaris canariensis subsp. typica Posp. Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 1: 59 (1897), not validly publ.
Phalaris canariensis var. villosula Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 3, 52: 213 (1942).
Phalaris canariensis f. vivipara Junge Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 30(Beih. 3): 123 (1912).
Phalaris ovata Moench Methodus: 208 (1794), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phalaris canariensis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Phalaris canariensis L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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)

Phalaris canariensis

Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Phalaris canariensis L.

Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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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