Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cornus alternifolia L.f. [Cornaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alternate dogwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alternate- dogwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alternate-leaved cornel	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
alternate-leaved dogwood	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
alternateleaf dogwood	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
cornus alternifolia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
green osier	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pagoda dogwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bothrocaryum alternifolium (L.f.) Pojark. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 170 (1950).
Cornus alterna Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 35 (1785).
Cornus alternifolia f. albomarginata Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 365 (1903).
Cornus alternifolia f. albovariegata Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 365 (1903).
Cornus alternifolia f. argentea (Rehder) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 496 (1949).
Cornus alternifolia var. argentea Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 377 (1900).
Cornus alternifolia var. corallina Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 159 (1789).
Cornus alternifolia f. ochrocarpa Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 75 (1907).
Cornus alternifolia var. ochroleuca Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 852 (1914).
Cornus alternifolia var. variegata Waracek Gartenwelt 19: 58 (1915).
Cornus alternifolia var. virescens Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 159 (1789).
Cornus plicata Tausch Flora 21: 733 (1838).
Cornus punctata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 62 (1838).
Cornus riparia Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 62 (1838).
Cornus riparia var. rugosa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 62 (1838).
Cornus rotundifolia Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 62 (1838).
Cornus undulata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 61 (1838).
Swida alternifolia (L.f.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 853 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cornus alternifolia L.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Cornus alternifolia L. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cornus alternifolia L. f.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Cornus alternifolia L.f.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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