Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maianthemum racemosum subsp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link
Infraspecies:: Maianthemum racemosum subsp. racemosum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
western solomon's seal	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

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

Maianthemum amplexicaule (Nutt.) W.A.Weber Phytologia 62: 437 (1987).
Maianthemum racemosum var. amplexicaule (Nutt.) Dorn Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 298 (1988).
Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 58 (1834).
Smilacina amplexicaulis var. glabra J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 18 (1918).
Smilacina amplexicaulis var. jenkinsii B.Boivin Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 14 (1951).
Smilacina amplexicaulis var. ovata B.Boivin Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 15 (1951).
Smilacina racemosa subsp. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) McNeill Naturaliste Canad. 108: 240 (1981).
Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 345 (1871).
Smilacina racemosa var. brachystyla L.F.Hend. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 357 (1900).
Smilacina racemosa var. glabra (J.F.Macbr.) H.St.John Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 1: 97 (1929).
Smilacina racemosa var. jenkinsii (B.Boivin) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 528 (1967).
Unifolium amplexicaule (Nutt.) Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 287 (1888).
Vagnera amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Greene Man. Bot. San Francisco: 316 (1894).
Vagnera amplexicaulis var. brachystyla A.Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 2: 4 (1900).
Vagnera amplexicaulis var. glabra (J.F.Macbr.) Abrams Ill. Fl. Pacific States 1: 453 (1923).
Vagnera brachypetala Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 268 (1901).
Vagnera pallescens Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 47: 551 (1895 publ. 1896).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link subsp. amplexicaule	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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