Taxon: Aconitum napellus L.

Common names:

• acónito común   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• acônito   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• aconit napel   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• aconite   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• bear's-foot   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• blauer Eisenhut   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• blue-rocket   (Source: CRC MedHerbs )
  
• capacete-de-júpiter   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• capuz-de-frade   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• carro-de-venus   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• friar's-cap   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• garden monkshood   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• garden wolfsbane   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• helmet-flower   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• mata-lobos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• matalobos   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• monk's-hood   (Source: BSBI )
  
• monkshood   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• queen's fettle   (Source: Websters Dict )
  
• soldier's-cap   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• Turk's-cap   (Source: Dict Gard )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Aconitum napellus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Poland [s.]; Switzerland
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [w.]
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy [n.]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [mentions].
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron) [introduced].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Seitz, W. 1969. Feddes Repert. 80:23.
• Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4. (Man HerbPl)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aconitum napellus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aconitum napellus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Aconitum napellus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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