Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
three-awn grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Aristida pungens Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 109 (1798).
Aristida pungens var. pubescens Henrard Meded. Rijks-Herb. 54B: 477 (1928).
Aristida pungens var. transiens Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 218 (1941).
Arthratherum pungens (Desf.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 33 (1812).
Stipagrostis pungens subsp. pubescens (Henrard) H.Scholz Willdenowia 6: 297 (1971).
Stipagrostis pungens subsp. transiens (Maire) H.Scholz Willdenowia 6: 163 (1971).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stipagrostis pungens (Desf'.) De Winter	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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