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Taxon:  Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc.



Summary
Genus:
Lithospermum
Family:
Boraginaceae
Subfamily:
Boraginoideae
Nomen number:
22413
Place of publication:
Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3):149. 1846
Verified:
06/05/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lithospermum officinale L. var. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.
Lithospermum officinale L. var. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.

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Reference(s)
  1. Bennett, M. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. 2003 206.
  2. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  3. Fu, Y. C. et al. Flora intramongolica. 1977-
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  5. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  6. Johnston, I. M. 1952. Studies in the Boraginaceae, XXIII. A survey of the genus Lithospermum. J. Arnold Arbor. 33:341-342.
  7. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  10. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  11. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
purple gromwell –
red gromwell –
red-root gromwell –
redroot lithospermum –
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki –
Transcribed Chinese
zi cao –
Transcribed Korean
jichi –
Transliterated Russian
vorobejnik krasnokornevoj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansus.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxin.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaido 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKurile Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Gansu (s.e.), Guangxi (n.), Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Sakhalin]
Economic Uses
Materials
Medicines
folklore (fide F ChinaEng; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Ill Chin Mat Med, as L. officinale var. erythrorhizon; Chin Herb Med; Chin Herbs, as L. officinale var. erythrorhizon; Pulmonaria 206.) –


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