Taxon: Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Aconitum carmichaelii var. carmichaelii (no accessions)
• Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum (no accessions)

Common names:

• Japanese aconite   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• Sichuan aconite   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• chuan wu   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• fu zi   (Source: W.T. Wang, p.c. 1996) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• wu tou   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Aconitum carmichaelii var. carmichaelii]
  
• zhan mao wu tou   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum]
  
• oktoberstormhatt   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Guangdong [n.], Guangxi [n.], Guizhou, Henan [s.], Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning [s.], Shaanxi [s.], Shandong [e.], Sichuan, Yunnan [e.], Zhejiang

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Korea

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:74.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. [re. Chinese common names].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aconitum carmichaelii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aconitum carmichaelii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aconitum carmichaelii.

Synonyms:

• Aconitum chinense Paxton [= Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum]
  
• Aconitum japonicum var. truppelianum Ulbr. [≡ Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum]
  

Check other web resources for Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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