Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray [Calycanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Calycanthus floridus L.
Infraspecies:: Calycanthus floridus var. floridus

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Beureria ferax (Michx.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 5 (1891).
Beureria fertilis (Walter) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 5 (1891).
Beureria laevigata (Willd.) Millsp.
Butneria fertilis (Walter) Kearney Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 175 (1894).
Butneria fertilis var. ferax (Michx.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 344 (1904).
Butneria fertilis var. glauca (Willd.) C.K.Schneid. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 344 (1904).
Butneria fertilis f. nana (Loisel.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 344 (1905).
Butneria nana (Loisel.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 528 (1903).
Calycanthus ferax Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 305 (1803).
Calycanthus fertilis Andrews Bot. Repos. 8: t. 539 (1808), nom. illeg.
Calycanthus fertilis Walter Fl. Carol.: 151 (1788).
Calycanthus fertilis var. ferax (Michx.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 143 (1919).
Calycanthus fertilis var. glaucus (Willd.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 638 (1914).
Calycanthus fertilis var. laevigatus (Willd.) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 283 (1914).
Calycanthus fertilis var. oblongifolius (Nutt.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 638 (1914).
Calycanthus floridus var. inodorus (Elliott) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 475 (1840).
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 475 (1840).
Calycanthus floridus f. nanus (Loisel.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 121 (1903).
Calycanthus floridus var. oblongatus Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 220 (1789).
Calycanthus floridus var. oblongifolius (Nutt.) Boufford & Spongberg J. Arnold Arbor. 62: 265 (1981).
Calycanthus glaucus Willd. Enum. Pl.: 559 (1809).
Calycanthus glaucus var. oblongatus Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 121 (1903), nom. superfl.
Calycanthus glaucus var. oblongifolius Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 312 (1818).
Calycanthus inodorus Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 576 (1821).
Calycanthus laevigatus Willd. Enum. Pl.: 559 (1809).
Calycanthus nanus Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 219 (1802).
Calycanthus oblongifolius (Nutt.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 214 (1830).
Calycanthus pensylvanicus Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 214 (1830), not validly publ.
Calycanthus philadelphicus Sommé Messager Sci. Arts Gand 1825: 394 (1825).
Calycanthus reticulatus Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 7 (1838).
Calycanthus verrucosus Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 8 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calycanthus floridus L. var. glaucus (Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus (Willd.) Torr. & Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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