Plant Details

Accepted name:: Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 7

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. barkleyi Gillis

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. divaricatum (F.A.Barkley) Gillis

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. eximium (Greene) Gillis

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. negundo (Greene) Gillis

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. pubens (Engelm. ex S.Watson) Gillis

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. radicans

Toxicodendron radicans subsp. verrucosum (Scheele) Gillis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
eastern poison ivy	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poison ivy	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhus radicans L. Sp. Pl.: 266 (1753).
Cotinus radicans (L.) Borkh. Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 592 (1793).
Philostemon radicans (L.) Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 107 (1817).
Rhus toxicodendron var. radicans (L.) DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 55 (1813).
Rhus toxicodendron f. radicans (L.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 394 (1883).
Rhus toxicodendron subsp. radicans (L.) R.T.Clausen Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 291: 8 (1949).
Toxicodendron radicans var. normale Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 154 (1891), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhus radicans	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rhus radicans L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Toxicodendron radicans	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. radicans	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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