Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
annual rabbitsfoot grass	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 50 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agrostis alopecuroides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: n.° 812 (1791), nom. illeg.
Agrostis crinita Moench Methodus: 178 (1794), nom. superfl.
Agrostis panicea (L.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 94 (1789), nom. illeg.
Agrostis panicea var. major Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 94 (1789).
Agrostis tenuissima Vest ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 42 (1840), pro syn.
Agrostis triaristata Knapp Gram. Brit.: 23 (1804), nom. superfl.
Alopecurus aristatus Gouan Hortus Monsp.: 37 (1762).
Alopecurus aristatus var. monspeliensis (L.) Huds. Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 28 (1778).
Alopecurus aristatus var. paniceus (L.) Huds. Fl. Angl., éd. 2, 1: 28 (1778), nom. illeg.
Alopecurus monspeliensis L. Sp. Pl.: 61 (1753).
Alopecurus paniceus (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 90 (1762).
Cynosurus paniceus L. Sp. Pl.: 73 (1753).
Milium paniceum (L.) Host Fl. Austriaca 1: 94 (1827), nom. illeg.
Panicum aristatum Cav. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 57 (1861), nom. illeg.
Panicum tenuissimum Vest ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 264 (1841), pro syn.
Panicum vagum Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 51 (1771), nom. superfl.
Phalaris aristata Gouan ex P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 172 (1812), pro syn.
Phalaris crinita Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: xix (1775).
Phalaris cristata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 17 (1775).
Phleum crinitum Schreb. Beschr. Gräs. 1: 151 (1769), nom. superfl.
Phleum monspeliense (L.) Koeler Descr. Gramin.: 57 (1802).
Polypogon alopecurus Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 279 (1901).
Polypogon crinitus Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 50 (1818), nom. superfl.
Polypogon flavescens J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 235 (1830).
Polypogon intermedius Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 126 (1842), nom. illeg.
Polypogon maritimus var. paniceus (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 5 (1805).
Polypogon melillensis Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 168 (1936).
Polypogon monspeliensis f. argentinus Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 108 (1904).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. capensis Steud. Flora 12: 467 (1829).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. giganteus Font Quer Cavanillesia 1: 17 (1928).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. indicus Bhattacharya & S.K.Jain Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 208 (1983 publ. 1985).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. intermedius (Guss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 803 (1882).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. interruptus Trin. Linnaea 10: 301 (1836).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. major Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 232 (1833).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. maximus Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 285 (1909).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. minor Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 17 (1837).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. minor Coss. & Durieu Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 286 (1855).
Polypogon monspeliensis f. nanus Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 95 (1911).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. pallens Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 149 (1841).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. paniceus (L.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 153 (1821 publ. 1822).
Polypogon monspeliensis var. polysetus (Steud.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 378 (1841).
Polypogon nepalensis Nees ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 255 (1841).
Polypogon paniceus (L.) Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 3 (1816).
Polypogon paniceus var. monspeliensis (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 134 (1827).
Polypogon polysetus Steud. Flora 12: 467 (1829).
Polypogon zeylanicus Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 183 (1854).
Santia monspeliensis (L.) Parl. Fl. Palerm. 1: 73 (1845).
Santia plumosa Savi Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. 8: 479 (1798).
Setaria panicea (L.) Schinz & Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 53: 519 (1908).
Vilfa alopecuroides P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polypogon monspeliensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polypogon monspeliensis Desf.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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