Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusAnthoxanthum
Scientific name with authorshipAnthoxanthum odoratum L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Anthoxanthum alpinum SchurAnthoxanthum asperum W.MannAnthoxanthum asperum W.Mann ex OpizAnthoxanthum nebrodense Lojac.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. effusum Jansen & Wacht.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. formosum van SoestAnthoxanthum odoratum f. glabrum Norm.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. interruptum Jansen & Wacht.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. laxum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. longispicatum Jansen & Wacht.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. montanum (Asch. & Graebn.) A.Nyár.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. odoratumAnthoxanthum odoratum f. pubescens Norm.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. repens Jansen & Wacht.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. silvaticum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. strictum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. tenerum (Asch. & Graebn.) A.Nyár.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. vestitum Jansen & Wacht.Anthoxanthum odoratum f. villosum (Loisel.) BolzonAnthoxanthum odoratum f. villosum (Loisel.) NeumanAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. alpestre SchurAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. alpinum GrayAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. altissimum EatonAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. corsicum (Briq.) RouyAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. glaberrimum SchurAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. glabrescens Celak.Anthoxanthum odoratum subsp. montanum (Asch. & Graebn.) A.Nyár.Anthoxanthum odoratum subsp. odoratumAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. pilosum DöllAnthoxanthum odoratum subsp. tenerum (Asch. & Graebn.) A.Nyár.Anthoxanthum odoratum subsp. villosum (Loisel.) Dumort.Anthoxanthum odoratum subsp. villosum Loisel.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. altissimum Eaton & WrightAnthoxanthum odoratum var. asperum (Mann ex Opiz) OpizAnthoxanthum odoratum var. bulgaricum Velen.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. ciliatum Grossh.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. corsicum (Briq.) RouyAnthoxanthum odoratum var. effusum GrayAnthoxanthum odoratum var. foucaudii (Briq.) RouyAnthoxanthum odoratum var. glabrum LefèvreAnthoxanthum odoratum var. hirsutulum LegendreAnthoxanthum odoratum var. humile TinantAnthoxanthum odoratum var. kovarovicii OpizAnthoxanthum odoratum var. laxum Wimm. & Grab.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. marsillyanum (Briq.) RouyAnthoxanthum odoratum var. montanum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. montanum PancicAnthoxanthum odoratum var. nanum DC.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. odoratumAnthoxanthum odoratum var. opizii Uechtr.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. paniculatum Rchb.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. pilosum DöllAnthoxanthum odoratum var. pubescens GrayAnthoxanthum odoratum var. pubescens Uechtr.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. pubiculmis RohlenaAnthoxanthum odoratum var. ramosum Hausskn.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. rigidum BeauverdAnthoxanthum odoratum var. rothii OpizAnthoxanthum odoratum var. saxatile OpizAnthoxanthum odoratum var. semiglabrum SchurAnthoxanthum odoratum var. sommierianum (Ricci) FioriAnthoxanthum odoratum var. subramosum DC.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. tenerum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. triaristatum BeckAnthoxanthum odoratum var. umbrosum Asch.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. verticillatum RohlenaAnthoxanthum odoratum var. villosissimum FreynAnthoxanthum odoratum var. villosum (Dumort.) SymeAnthoxanthum odoratum var. villosum Loisel.Anthoxanthum odoratum var. villosum Loisel. ex DC., 1815Anthoxanthum odoratum var. vulgare Alef.Anthoxanthum ovatum subsp. montanum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum ovatum subsp. strictum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum ovatum subsp. tenerum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum ovatum var. montanum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum ovatum var. strictum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum ovatum var. tenerum Asch. & Graebn.Anthoxanthum pauciflorum AdamovicAnthoxanthum pilosum DöllAnthoxanthum sommierianum RicciAnthoxanthum villosum (Loisel.) TinantAnthoxanthum villosum Dumort.Nthoxanthum odoratum subsp. villosum LoisNthoxanthum odoratum subsp. villosum Lois ex Reichb.Phalaris ciliata Pourr.Xanthonanthos odoratus (L.) St.-Lag.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Material
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier389034-1
Use codesMA ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2
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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.