Atractylodes lancea

Atractylodes lancea
Flower
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Atractylodes
Species:
A. lancea
Binomial name
Atractylodes lancea
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Acarna chinensis Bunge
    • Acarna lancea (Thunb.) Willd.
    • Acarna ovata (Thunb.) Willd.
    • Atractylis chinensis (Bunge) DC.
    • Atractylis chinensis f. erosodentata (Koidz.) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Atractylis chinensis var. liaotungensis Kitag.
    • Atractylis chinensis var. liatungensis Kitag.
    • Atractylis chinensis var. loeseneri Kitag.
    • Atractylis chinensis var. quiqueloba Baranova & Skvortsov
    • Atractylis chinensis var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Baranova & Skvortsov
    • Atractylis chinensis f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Atractylis chinensis f. stapfii (Baroni) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Atractylis erosodentata (Koidz.) Arènes
    • Atractylis japonica (Koidz. ex Kitam.)
    • Atractylis lancea Thunb.
    • Atractylis lyrata (Siebold & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Atractylis lyrata f. ternata (Kom.) Nakai
    • Atractylis ovata Thunb.
    • Atractylis ovata f. amurensis Freyn ex Kom.
    • Atractylis ovata f. lyratifolia Kom.
    • Atractylis ovata f. pinnatifolia Kom.
    • Atractylis ovata var. simplicifolia Loes.
    • Atractylis ovata f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kom.
    • Atractylis ovata var. ternata Kom.
    • Atractylis ovata f. ternata Kom.
    • Atractylis pinnatifolia (Kom.) S.Y.Hu
    • Atractylis separata L.H.Bailey
    • Atractylodes chinensis (Bunge) Koidz.
    • Atractylodes chinensis var. liaotungensis (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu
    • Atractylodes chinensis f. quinqueloba (Baranova & Skvortsov) Y.C.Chu
    • Atractylodes chinensis var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kitag.
    • Atractylodes chinensis f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Y.C.Chu
    • Atractylodes erosodentata Koidz.
    • Atractylodes japonica Koidz. ex Kitam.
    • Atractylodes japponica var. coriacea Konta & Katsuy.
    • Atractylodes lancea var. chinensis (Bunge) Kitam.
    • Atractylodes lancea subsp. luotianensis S.L.Hu & X.F.Feng
    • Atractylodes lancea var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kitam.
    • Atractylodes lyrata Siebold & Zucc.
    • Atractylodes lyrata var. ternata (Kom.) Koidz.
    • Atractylodes ovata (Thunb.) DC.
    • Giraldia stapfii Baroni

Atractylodes lancea (syns. Atractylodes chinensis, Atractylodes japonica, Atractylodes ovata; Japanese: オケラ, romanized: okera, Eastern ukera, ukira) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Vietnam, most of China, Korea, the southern Russian Far East, and Japan.[1] It is the source of cāng zhú (蒼朮), a Chinese herbal medicine sold to people suffering from a variety of ailments.[2]

Note variation in leaf shape on individual plant
  1. ^ a b "Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Atractylodes lancea - (Thunb.)DC". PFAF Plant Database. Plants for a Future. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2010.