Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm. [Nymphaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brandy bottle	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
brandy-bottle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cow lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european pond lily	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
nuphar luteum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
nénuphar jaune	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
spatterdock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow nuphar	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
yellow pond-lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow water lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow water-lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
yellow waterlily	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nenuphar luteum (L.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 70 (1822).
Nuphar affinis Harz Bot. Centralbl. 53: 224 (1893).
Nuphar fluviatile Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 140 (1858).
Nuphar grandiflora Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 139 (1858).
Nuphar grandifolia Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 140 (1858).
Nuphar graveolens Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 141 (1858).
Nuphar latifolia Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 139 (1858).
Nuphar latifolia subsp. boreale Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 140 (1858).
Nuphar lobata Laest. Bot. Not. 1858: 141 (1858).
Nuphar lutea var. rivularis (Dumort.) De Wild. & T.Durand Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 297 (1899).
Nuphar lutea var. submersa Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 1: 149 (1893).
Nuphar rivularis Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 3: 5 (1864).
Nuphar sericea Láng Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 180 (1824).
Nuphar spathulifera Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 2: 10 (1824).
Nuphar systyla Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 2: 212 (1840).
Nuphar tenella Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 2: 10 (1824).
Nymphaea affinis (Harz) Hayek Fl. Steiermark 1: 437 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea L. Sp. Pl.: 510 (1753).
Nymphaea lutea var. affinis (Harz) J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea subf. denticulata J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea var. harzii J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea var. minor Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 104 (1825).
Nymphaea lutea var. puberula J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. punctata J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. purpureosignata J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. schlierensis J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. sericea J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 69 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. submersa J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. tenella (Rchb.) J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. terrestris J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea lutea f. urceolata J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 68 (1908).
Nymphaea umbilicalis Salisb. Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 71 (1806).
Nymphona lutea (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 3: 260 (1901).
Nymphozanthus affinis (Harz) Fernald Rhodora 21: 188 (1919).
Nymphozanthus europaeus Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 84 (1818), nom. superfl.
Nymphozanthus luteus (L.) Fernald Rhodora 21: 185 (1919).
Nymphozanthus sericeus (Láng) Fernald Rhodora 21: 187 (1919).
Nymphozanthus vulgaris Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 230 (1811).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nuphar lutea	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nuphar luteum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Nuphar luteum Sibth et Smith.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Nuphar luteum Sibth.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Nuphar luteum Sibth. & Sm.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Nuphar luteum Sibth. & Sm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Nuphar luteum Sibthorp et Smith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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