Plant Details

Accepted name:: Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth [Aspleniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common lady-fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common ladyfern	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
lady fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 92 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allantodia axillaris (Aiton) Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 178 (1824).
Aspidium axillare (Aiton) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 42 (1801).
Aspidium cordatum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 61 (1824).
Aspidium filix-femina (L.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 41 (1801).
Aspidium filix-femina var. fissidens (Döll) Döll Fl. Bad.: 2 (1859).
Aspidium filix-femina var. incisum Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 369 (1820).
Aspidium intermedium Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 459 (1822), nom. illeg.
Aspidium irriguum Sm. Engl. Bot. 31: t. 2199 (1810).
Aspidium pontederae Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 273 (1810).
Aspidium rheticum Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 41 (1801).
Asplenium axillare (Aiton) J.Sm. Bot. Mag. 72(Companion): 30 (1846).
Asplenium cyathioides Bernh. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(1): 313 (1799).
Asplenium filix-femina (L.) Bernh. Neues J. Bot. 1(2): 48 (1806).
Asplenium filix-femina var. exile D.C.Eaton in J.J.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 330 (1878 publ. 1879).
Asplenium filix-femina var. fissidens Döll Rhein. Fl.: 12 (1843).
Asplenium filix-femina var. purpureum Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 25 (1867).
Asplenium martensii Kunze Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 6: 86 (1848).
Asplenium monstrosum Kunze Linnaea 23: 235, 305 (1850).
Athyrium acrostichoideum Bory ex Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 4, 1: 372 (1836).
Athyrium alpestre Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 301 (1811).
Athyrium axillare (Aiton) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 98 (1836).
Athyrium azoricum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 186 (1852).
Athyrium cassum Chiov. Fl. Alpi Lepont. 2: 46 (1929).
Athyrium convexum (Bab.) Newman Phytologist 4(App.): XIII (1851).
Athyrium corsicum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 186 (1852).
Athyrium depauperatum Schumach. Enum. Pl. 2: 17 (1803).
Athyrium filix-femina proles acrostichoideum (Bory ex Mérat) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 428 (1913).
Athyrium filix-femina var. bidentatum Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 12 (1910).
Athyrium filix-femina var. convexum Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 388 (1843).
Athyrium filix-femina var. curtum-cristatum Ivery ex R.Hogg Florist & Pomol. 27: 135 (1874).
Athyrium filix-femina var. dentatum Milde Fil. Eur.: 50 (1867).
Athyrium filix-femina var. dubpulayae Lowe Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 81 (1875).
Athyrium filix-femina subvar. elegans Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 203 (1927).
Athyrium filix-femina subsp. filix-femina
Athyrium filix-femina var. fissidens (Döll) Milde Fil. Eur.: 50 (1867).
Athyrium filix-femina var. frizelliae W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 652 (1861).
Athyrium filix-femina var. incisum Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 369 (1820).
Athyrium filix-femina var. incisum Newman Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2: 243 (1844), nom. illeg.
Athyrium filix-femina var. iveryanum Ivery ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 675 (1862).
Athyrium filix-femina var. kingscotei Lowe Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 81 (1875).
Athyrium filix-femina var. latipes T.Moore Brit. Ferns 2: 30 (1860).
Athyrium filix-femina var. lineare-reflexum Lowe Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 81 (1875).
Athyrium filix-femina var. minor Payot Fl. Mont-Blanc 2: 10 (1882).
Athyrium filix-femina var. molle (Schreb.) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 12 (1910).
Athyrium filix-femina var. mucronatum Ivery ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 675 (1862).
Athyrium filix-femina var. multicepts T.Moore ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 70 (1859).
Athyrium filix-femina var. multidentatum Milde Fil. Eur.: 50 (1867).
Athyrium filix-femina var. parsonsiae J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 459 (1862).
Athyrium filix-femina var. pectinatum Millsp. Living Fl. W. Va 5A(1): 193 (1913), nom. illeg.
Athyrium filix-femina var. plumosum T.Moore ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 239 (1860).
Athyrium filix-femina var. pulchellum-plumosum Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 49 (1874).
Athyrium filix-femina var. qulterianum Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 49 (1874).
Athyrium filix-femina var. sitchense Rupr. Distr. Crypt. Vasc. Ross.: 41 (1845).
Athyrium filix-femina subsp. sitchense (Rupr.) Tzvelev Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka 5: 73 (1991).
Athyrium filix-femina var. tripinnatum Rupr. Distr. Crypt. Vasc. Ross.: 41 (1845).
Athyrium fimbriatum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 33 (1867), nom. illeg.
Athyrium galeottii Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 187 (1852).
Athyrium incisum Newman Phytologist 4(App.): XIII (1851).
Athyrium irriguum (Sm.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 10 (1821).
Athyrium laetum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 10 (1821), nom. superfl.
Athyrium laxum Schumach. Enum. Pl. 2: 16 (1803).
Athyrium molle (Schreb.) Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 61 (1799).
Athyrium molliusculum Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 4: 31 (1846).
Athyrium officinale Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 430 (1901).
Athyrium ovatum Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 64 (1799).
Athyrium paramicola L.D.Gómez Phytologia 52: 154 (1982).
Athyrium scorpioideum Chauvin Mém. Soc. Linn. Calvados 2: 402 (1825).
Athyrium trifidum (Hoffm.) Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 63 (1799).
Cyathea filix-femina (L.) Bertol. Amoen. Ital.: 429 (1819).
Cystopteris filix-femina (L.) Coss. & Germ. Fl. Env. Paris: 676 (1845).
Dryopteris rigida var. rhiphaea Pau & Font Quer in P.Font i Quer, Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) 1927: n.° 3 (1928).
Filix bipinnata Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 557 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Lastrea filix-femina (L.) Colomb Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 107: 1013 (1888).
Lastrea filix-femina var. bollandiae W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 458 (1862).
Nephrodium filix-femina (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 268 (1803).
Phegopteris plumosa J.Sm. Ferns Brit. For.: 289 (1866).
Polypodium axillare Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 466 (1789).
Polypodium bifidum Hoffm. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(9): 10 (1790).
Polypodium crenatum Schrank in F.P.von Schrank & K.M.E.von Moll, Naturhist. Briefe Oestreich 2: 295 (1785), nom. illeg.
Polypodium dentatum Schrank in F.P.von Schrank & K.M.E.von Moll, Naturhist. Briefe Oestreich 2: 295 (1785), nom. illeg.
Polypodium filix-femina L. Sp. Pl.: 1090 (1753).
Polypodium filix-femina var. molle (Schreb.) Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 212 (1825).
Polypodium filix-femina var. nanum Gren. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 14: 63 (1867).
Polypodium filix-femina var. purpurascens Bory ex Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 212 (1825).
Polypodium incisum Hoffm. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(9): 10 (1790), nom. illeg.
Polypodium laetum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 403 (1796), nom. superfl.
Polypodium leseblii Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 276 (1821).
Polypodium molle Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips.: 70 (1771).
Polypodium oblongodentatum Hoffm. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(9): 10 (1790).
Polypodium ovatocrenatum Hoffm. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(9): 10 (1790).
Polypodium trifidum Hoffm. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(9): 10 (1790).
Tectaria filix-femina (L.) Cav. Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 100 (1801).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anthyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ex Mert.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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