Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phlebodium aureum (L.) J.Sm. [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cabbage palm fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calaguala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canahuala	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
gold-foot fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
golden polyplody	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
golden polypody	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
golden serpent fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hare-foot fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
haresfoot fern	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hartassbräken	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rabbit-foot fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tiger bush	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polypodium aureum L. Sp. Pl.: 1087 (1753).
Polypodium leucatomos Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 516 (1804).
Chrysopteris aurea (L.) Link Fil. Spec.: 121 (1841).
Chrysopteris grandis Fée Mém. Foug., 8. Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 96 (1857).
Chrysopteris martinicensis Fée Mém. Foug., 8. Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 130 (1857).
Chrysopteris microdictya Fée Mém. Foug., 8. Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 97 (1857).
Chrysopteris pulvinata Link Fil. Spec.: 121 (1841).
Phlebodium aureum var. pulvinatum Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 296 (1931).
Phlebodium grande T.Moore Index Fil.: 258 (1861).
Phlebodium microdictyum T.Moore Index Fil.: 258 (1861).
Phlebodium pulvinatum J.Sm. Bot. Mag. 72(Companion): 13 (1846).
Pleopeltis aurea (L.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836).
Polypodium attenuatum Kunze in C.von Ettingshausen, Farnkr. Jetztw.: t. 32, f. 2 (1865 publ. 1864).
Polypodium auratum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 74 (1831).
Polypodium aureum var. leucatomos (Poir.) Krug Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 130 (1897).
Polypodium aureum var. pulvinatum (Link) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 347 (1867).
Polypodium pulvinatum Link Hort. Berol. 2: 99 (1833).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phelbodium aureum (L.) J.Smith	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. SM.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J.E.Smith	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J.Sm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polypodium aureum J.Sm.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Polypodium aureum L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polypodium aureum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Polypodium leucatomos Poir.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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