Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black sampson	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
coneflower	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
eastern purple coneflower	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eastern purple-coneflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echinacea	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
echinacea purpurea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
echinacea purpurea aerial parts	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
echinacea purpurea herb	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
echinacea purpurea root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
echinaceae purpureae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, herb. rec. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
echinaceae purpureae radix	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, rad. (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
echinaceae-purpurae-radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
echinachea	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
echinacija purpurovaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echinacée pourpre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echinacée pourpre (partie souterraine d’)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, rad. (2008)
equinacea púrpura, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
equinácea púrpura, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
herba echinaceae purpureae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
purple cone-flower	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
purple coneflower	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple coneflower herb	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, herb. rec. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
purple coneflower root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, rad. (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
purple-coneflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purpose cone flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purpur-sonnenhut	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
purpurfarbene kegelblume	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
purpurfarbener igelkopf	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
purpurfarbener sonnenhut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
purpursonnenhutkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
purpursonnenhutwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
red sunflower	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
roter scheinsonnenhut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
roter sonnenhut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rudbeckia rossa	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rudbeckie poupre	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
röd rudbeckia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sonnenhut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
zǐ qiú jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ zhuī huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
échinacea	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
échinacée	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
紫球菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫锥花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
whole plant, root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
herba recens		EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, herb. rec. (2006)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, rad. (2008)
aerial parts		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Rhizome, root, aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
rhizome		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root, rhizome		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
rhizome, roots		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
aerial parts	fresh or dried aerial parts	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
herb, root, juice		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut whole flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
aerial parts	fresh or dried aerial parts	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flowering aerial parts	Dried, whole or cut flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
aerial parts	aerial parts; harvested during the flowering stage	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
partes aéreas frescas o secas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rudbeckia serotina (Nutt.) Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 1: t. 4 (1823).
Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 334 (1894).
Echinacea intermedia Lindl. ex Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 79 (1849).
Echinacea purpurea var. arkansana Steyerm. Rhodora 40: 71 (1938).
Echinacea purpurea f. ligettii Steyerm. Rhodora 44: 150 (1942).
Echinacea purpurea var. serotina (Nutt.) L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 1088 (1914).
Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) D.Don ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 587 (1832).
Helichroa alba Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa amoena Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa crocea Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa elatior Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa fusca Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa fuscata Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832).
Helichroa linnaeana Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa purpurea (L.) Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Helichroa uniflora Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Lepachys purpurea (L.) Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195 (1819).
Rudbeckia aspera Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 477 (1807).
Rudbeckia hispida Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 2: 201 (1824).
Rudbeckia purpurea L. Sp. Pl.: 907 (1753).
Rudbeckia purpurea var. serotina Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 178 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echinacea purpurea	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, herb. rec. (2006) EMA Com. Monog.: Echinacea purpurea, rad. (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Echinacea purpurea (Linné) Moench	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Echinacea purpurea L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Echinacea purpurea Moench	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Echinacea purpurea Moensch.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Rudbeckia serotina (Nutt.) Sweet	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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