Descurainia sophia: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Descurainia sophia (Linnaeus) Webb ex Prantl is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Descurainia sophia (L.) Prantl, Discurea sophia (L.) Schur, Discurea sophia Schur, Hesperis sophia (L.) Kuntze, Hesperis sophia Kuntze, Sisymbrium orientale L., Sisymbrium parviflorum Lam., Sisymbrium sophia A. Gray, Sisymbrium sophia Linnaeus, Sisymbrium sophia Pursh, Sisymbrium sophia Barnéoud, Sisymbrium tripinnatum DC., Sophia parviflora (Lam.) Standl., Sisymbrium parviflorum Lam., Sophia sophia Britton, Sophia sophia (L.) Britton, nom. illeg., tautonym.

References regarding Descurainia sophia (Linnaeus) Webb ex Prantl for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Centuria II. Plantarum (1756)
· Plantae Surinamenses (1775)
· Flore Françoise (Lamarck) (1779)
· Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) (1813)
· Systema Naturae (1821)
· Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries (1836)
· Fl. Chil. (1846)
· Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1863) (1863)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Transsilvaniae (1866)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1891)
· An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States (1897)

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