Biology (plants and animals)

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

Spigelia anthelmia L. 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: Spigelia anthelmia var. nervosa (Steud.) Progel, Spigelia anthelmia var. obliquinervia A. DC., Spigelia anthelmia var. peruviana A. DC., Spigelia domingensis Gand., Spigelia fruticulosa Lam., Spigelia killipii Ewan, Spigelia multispica Steud., Spigelia multispica var. discolor Progel, Spigelia nervosa Steud., Spigelia quadrifolia Stokes, Spigelia stipularis Progel.

References regarding Spigelia anthelmia L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)
· Flora (1843)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1845)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique… Botanique (1845)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1868)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1923)
· Act. Bot. Neerl. (1961)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1969)

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Ewe aran, Herbe de brinvilliers, Brinvilliers, Brinvilliere, Worm weed, Worm grain, Ina nusu, West indian pinkroot, Pinkroot, Worm grass, Herbe a la brinvilliers, Worm bush, Indian pink.

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