Taxon: Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren

See also subordinate taxa:

• Epimedium grandiflorum forma grandiflorum (no accessions)
• Epimedium grandiflorum forma violaceum (1 accessions)
• Epimedium grandiflorum forma flavescens (no accessions)

Common names:

• barrenwort   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – English
  
• yin yang huo   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Gen Epimedium 137.)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Gen Epimedium 175.)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea, North

References:

• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce. (Herbs Commerce)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Stearn, W. T. 1938. Epimedium and Vancouveria (Berberidaceae), a monograph. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51:479.
• Stearn, W. T. 2002. The genus Epimedium and other herbaceous Berberidaceae including the genus Podophyllum. (Gen Epimedium) 137.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Epimedium grandiflorum.

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

Synonyms:

• Epimedium macranthum var. violaceum (C. Morren & Decne.) Franch. [≡ Epimedium grandiflorum forma violaceum]
  
• Epimedium violaceum C. Morren & Decne. [≡ Epimedium grandiflorum forma violaceum]
  

Check other databases for Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren:

• 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.
  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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