Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
stiff dogwood	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cornus candidissima Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 35 (1785), nom. illeg.
Cornus citrifolia Lam. Encycl. 2: 116 (1786), nom. illeg.
Cornus coerulea Meerb. Pl. Select. Icon. Pict.: t. 3 (1798).
Cornus cyanocarpos J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 257 (1791), nom. illeg.
Cornus cyanocarpus J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 257 (1791), nom. illeg.
Cornus fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 92 (1803).
Cornus striata DC. Prodr. 4: 272 (1830).
Cornus stricta Lam. Encycl. 2: 116 (1786).
Cornus stricta L'Hér. Cornus: 8 (1789), nom. illeg.
Swida foemina (Mill.) Rydb. Brittonia 1: 94 (1931).
Swida stricta (Lam.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 853 (1903).
Thelycrania candidissima Pojark. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 165 (1950).
Thelycrania stricta (Lam.) Pojark. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 165 (1950).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cornus foemina Mill.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cornus foemina Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cornus foemina P.Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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