Biology (plants and animals)

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

Trapa natans 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: Trapa acornis Nakano, Trapa amurensis Flerow, Trapa amurensis var. komarovii Skvortsov, Trapa arcuata S.H. Li & Y.L. Chang, Trapa bicornis Osbeck, Trapa bicornis var. acornis (Nakano) Z.T. Xiong, Trapa bicornis var. bispinosa (Roxburgh) Nakano, Trapa bicornis var. cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Steenis, Trapa bicornis var. quadrispinosa (Roxburgh) Z.T. Xiong, Trapa bicornis var. taiwanensis (Nakai) Z.T. Xiong, Trapa bispinosa Roxburgh, Trapa bispinosa var. iinumae Nakano, Trapa chinensis Loureiro, Trapa cochinchinensis Loureiro, Trapa dimorphocarpa Z.S. Diao, Trapa japonica Flerow, Trapa japonica L., Trapa japonica var. jeholensis (Nakai) Kitagawa, Trapa japonica var. longicollum Z.T. Xiong, Trapa japonica var. magnicorona Z.T. Xiong, Trapa japonica var. tuberculifera (V.N. Vassiljev) Tzvelev, Trapa jeholensis Nakai, Trapa korshinskyi V.N. Vassiljev, Trapa litwinowii V.N. Vassiljev, Trapa litwinowii var. chihuensis S.F. Guan & Q. Lang, Trapa manshurica Flerow, Trapa manshurica var. bispinosa Flerow, Trapa manshurica f. komarovii (Skvortsov) S.H. Li & Y.L. Chang, Trapa natans f. quadrispinosa (Roxburgh) Makino, Trapa natans var. amurensis (Flerow) Komarov, Trapa natans var. bicornis (Osbeck) Makino, Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Roxburgh) Makino, Trapa natans var. japonica Nakai, Trapa natans var. pumila Nakano ex Verdcourt, Trapa natans var. quadrispinosa (Roxburgh) Makino, Trapa potaninii V.N. Vassiljev, Trapa pseudoincisa Nakai, Trapa pseudoincisa var. aspinosa Z.T. Xiong, Trapa pseudoincisa var. complana Z.T. Xiong, Trapa pseudoincisa var. nanchangensis W.H. Wan, Trapa pseudoincisa var. potaninii (V.N. Vassiljev) Tzvelev, Trapa quadrispinosa Roxburgh, Trapa quadrispinosa var. yongxiuensis W.H. Wan, Trapa saissanica (Flerow) V.N. Vassiljev, Trapa sibirica Flerow, Trapa sibirica var. saissanica Flerow, Trapa sibirica var. ussuriensis Flerow, Trapa taiwanensis Nakai, Trapa transzchelii V.N. Vassiljev, Trapa tuberculifera V.N. Vassiljev.

References regarding Trapa natans L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Pl. Coromandel (1815)
· Izvestiia Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada R.S.F.S.R. (1925)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1942)
· Flora URSS (1949)
· J. Wuhan Bot. Res. (1985)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1985)
· Kew Bulletin (1986)
· J. Jiangxi Univ. (1991)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1995)
· Life Sci., Res. & Applic. (1996)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (1996)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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