Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia humifusa Willd. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
creeping euphorbia	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
di jin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
di jin cao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
dijin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
dijincao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
euphorbiae humifusae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
herba euphorbiae humifusae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
niederliegende wolfsmilch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nishiki-sō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wolf ’s milk	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
地锦	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
地锦草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
whole plant		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anisophyllum humifusum (Willd.) Klotzsch & Garcke Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 21 (1860).
Chamaesyce humifusa (Willd.) Prokh. Izv. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 6, 1927: 195 (1927).
Chamaesyce humifusa var. glabra (Thell.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 11: 510 (1935).
Chamaesyce humifusa f. glabra (Thell.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 291 (1954).
Chamaesyce humifusa var. pilosa (Thell.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 11: 510 (1935).
Chamaesyce humifusa f. pilosa (Thell.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 291 (1954).
Chamaesyce humifusa var. pseudochamaesyce (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 288 (1954).
Chamaesyce tashiroi (Hayata) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14: 356 (1938).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. glabra C.A.Mey. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 4: 196 (1833), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. pilosa C.A.Mey. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 4: 196 (1833), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia confusa Blume ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia goeringii Steud. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia humifusa var. glabra Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 449 (1917).
Euphorbia humifusa f. glabra (Thell.) Murata Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 198 (1962).
Euphorbia humifusa var. pilosa Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 449 (1917).
Euphorbia humifusa f. pilosa (Thell.) S.Z.Liou in S.X.Li (ed.), Fl. Liaoningica 1: 1016 (1988).
Euphorbia humifusa var. pseudochamaesyce (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Murata Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 198 (1962).
Euphorbia polygonisperma Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 3: 75 (1855).
Euphorbia pseudochamaesyce Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 9: 73 (1843).
Euphorbia pseudochamaesyce f. pilosa (Thell.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 430 (1979).
Euphorbia tashiroi Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 104 (1920).
Tithymalus humifusus (Willd.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 116 (1897), no basionym ref.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia humifusa Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia humifusa Willd. ex Schlecht.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Euphorbia humifusa Willdenow	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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