Plant Details

Accepted name:: Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
downy rattlesnake plantain	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epipactis pubescens (Willd.) A.A.Eaton Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21: 65 (1908), nom. illeg.
Epipactis willdenovii House Muhlenbergia 6: 74 (1910).
Goodyera pubescens var. minor Sims Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2540 (1825).
Neottia pubescens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 76 (1805).
Neottia repens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 589 (1813), nom. illeg.
Orchiodes pubescens (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891).
Peramium pubescens (Willd.) Curtiss ex Small & Vail Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 155 (1893).
Peramium tesselatum A.Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 2: 4 (1900).
Satyrium repens Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 157 (1803), nom. illeg.
Tussaca reticulata Raf. Précis Découv. Somiol.: 43 (1814).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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