Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis [Droseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
venus fly trap	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
venus flytrap	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
venus' fly trap	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
venus' flytrap	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
venus's flytrap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
venusflugfälla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
venus’ flytrap	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Dionaea corymbosa Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830).
Dionaea sensitiva Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 321 (1796).
Dionaea sessiliflora Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830).
Dionaea uniflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 78 (1832).
Drosera sessiliflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832).
Drosera uniflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dionaea muscipula	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Dionaea muscipula Ellis	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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