Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cynomorium coccineum subsp. songaricum (Rupr.) J.Léonard [Cynomoriaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cynomorium coccineum L.
Infraspecies:: Cynomorium coccineum subsp. coccineum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cynomorii herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cynomorium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cynomorium herb	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
herba cynomorii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
songaria cynomorium	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
songaria cynomorium herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
suo yang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
suoyang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
tarāsis	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
طراثيث	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
鎖陽	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
锁阳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
锁阳等	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried fleshy stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stem	stem	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fleshy stem	dried fleshy stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fleshy stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stem	dried fleshy stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
whole plant (devoid pedicels)		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
stem		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
succulent stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 14(4): 73 (1869).
Cynomorium purpureum Rupr. in F.von der Osten-Saken & F.J.Ruprecht, Sert. Tiansch.: 72 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynomorium coccineum subsp. songaricum (Rupr.) J.Léonard	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Cynomorium songaricum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cynomorium songaricum Ruprecht	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cynomorium songariorum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cynomorium songariorum Ruprecht	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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