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Accepted name:: Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. angustifolium [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
Infraspecies:: Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. komarovii (V.N.Vassil.) Vorosch.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tall cottongrass	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 48 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. subarcticum (V.N.Vassil.) Hultén ex Kartesz & Gandhi Phytologia 72: 22 (1992).
Eriophorum polystachion L. Sp. Pl.: 52 (1753), nom. rej.
Eriophorum alpicola Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 78 (1853).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. alpinum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 82 (1821 publ. 1822).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. alpinum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 131 (1828).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. brevifolium Torr. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 340 (1836).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. coloratum Hultén Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 23 (1967 publ. 1968).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. congestum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 456 (1823).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. elatius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 456 (1823).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. giganteum Hultén Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 23 (1967 publ. 1968).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. gracile Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 762 (1882).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. laxum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 456 (1823).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. megastachyon Nutt. in W.H.Keating, Narrat. Exp. St. Peter's River 2: 381 (1824).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. minus Bellynck Fl. Namur: 280 (1855), nom. illeg.
Eriophorum angustifolium var. minus W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 746 (1837).
Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. minus (Dalla Torre) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 23: 413 (1988), nom. illeg.
Eriophorum angustifolium lusus ramigerum Norm. Christ. Vidensk.-Selsk. Forh. 1893 (16): 45 (1893).
Eriophorum angustifolium f. rubrovaginatum Raymond Naturaliste Canad. 77: 67 (1950).
Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. scabriusculum Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 518 (1936).
Eriophorum angustifolium f. scammanianum Raymond Rhodora 53: 208 (1951).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. triquetrum Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 5: 259 (1849).
Eriophorum angustifolium f. uniceps Th.Fr. Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 26(2): 136 (1869 publ. 1870).
Eriophorum angustifolium var. vaillantii (Poit. & Turpin) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 131 (1828).
Eriophorum dubium Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz: 52 (1838).
Eriophorum gracile Sm. Engl. Bot.: t. 2402 (1812), nom. illeg.
Eriophorum intermedium Bastard J. Bot. Agric. 3: 19 (1814).
Eriophorum minus Dalla Torre in A.Hartinger & K.W.von Dalla Torre, Atlas Alpenfl.: 216 (1883).
Eriophorum monostachion Groschke in A.F.M.von Keyserling & J.Dersch, Beschr. Prov. Kurland: 116 (1886).
Eriophorum ocreatum A.Nelson Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 401 (1902).
Eriophorum paniculatum (Lam.) Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 32 (1789), nom. superfl.
Eriophorum polystachion f. androdynamis Neuman Sver. Fl.: 677 (1901).
Eriophorum polystachion subsp. angustifolium Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 325 (1894).
Eriophorum polystachion subsp. congestum (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 136 (1890).
Eriophorum polystachion var. elatius Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 333 (1843).
Eriophorum polystachion var. elegans Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 333 (1843).
Eriophorum polystachion f. elegans (Bab.) Ostenf. & Lundager Meddel. Grønland 43: 9 (1910).
Eriophorum polystachion f. femineum Neuman Sver. Fl.: 678 (1901).
Eriophorum polystachion f. gynodynamis Neuman Sver. Fl.: 677 (1901).
Eriophorum polystachion subsp. minus (Dalla Torre) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 136 (1890).
Eriophorum polystachion var. sessile St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 851 (1889).
Eriophorum polystachion var. viridicarinatum Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 361 (1919 publ. 1920).
Eriophorum subarcticum V.N.Vassil. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 13: 58 (1950).
Eriophorum vaillantii Poit. & Turpin Fl. Paris.: t. 52 (1809).
Eriophorum vulgare (Hill) Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 439 (1913 publ. 1914), nom. illeg.
Linagrostis paniculata Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 555 (1779), nom. superfl.
Linagrostis polystachia (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 48 (1771).
Linagrostis vulgaris Hill Brit. Herb.: 506 (1757), opus utique oppr.
Scirpus speciosus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 31 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hultén	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Eriophorum polystachion L.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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