Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusPhleum
Scientific name with authorshipPhleum pratense L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Achnodonton bulbosum (Gouan) J.WoodsPanicum pratense var. intermedium GaudinPhleum alpinum subsp. trabutii Litard. & MairePhleum bertolonii subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) KerguélenPhleum brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans, A.T.Romero & C.MoralesPhleum bulbosum GouanPhleum bulbosum Host, 1809Phleum ciliatum Gilib., 1792Phleum crassicaule SennenPhleum deckeri Roem.Phleum deckeri Roem. ex Trin.Phleum fallax JankaPhleum mattejanum Bald., 1890Phleum maximum PryorPhleum microstachyum RuizPhleum microstachyum Ruiz ex NymanPhleum nodosum L.Phleum nodosum var. pratense (L.) St.-AmansPhleum parnassicum Boiss. & Heldr. ex NymanPhleum parnassicum Boiss., 1859Phleum pratense f. alpinoides Norm.Phleum pratense f. bracteatum (Boenn.) Asch. & Graebn.Phleum pratense f. bracteatum A.BraunPhleum pratense f. elongatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.Phleum pratense f. fallax (Janka) Serb. & Nyár.Phleum pratense f. interruptum Jansen & Wacht.Phleum pratense f. longiaristatum Jansen & Wacht.Phleum pratense f. macrochaetum Doell.Phleum pratense f. monstrosa BrennerPhleum pratense f. parviceps Jansen & Wacht.Phleum pratense f. pratensePhleum pratense f. robustum Jansen & Wacht.Phleum pratense f. violaceum Jansen & Wacht.Phleum pratense f. viviparum (Gray) Louis-MariePhleum pratense subsp. brachystachyum (Salis) GamisansPhleum pratense subsp. microstachyum (Ruiz ex Nyman) Malag.Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Arcang.Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) DominPhleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Dumort.Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Guin. & R.Vilm.Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Huds.Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) TrabutPhleum pratense subsp. roshevitzii (Pavlov) TzvelevPhleum pratense subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) KerguélenPhleum pratense subsp. vulgare (Celak.) Hyl.Phleum pratense subsp. vulgare Asch. & Graebn.Phleum pratense var. armatum DrucePhleum pratense var. brachystachyum SalisPhleum pratense var. bracteatum Boenn.Phleum pratense var. caespitosum Neilr.Phleum pratense var. chlorostachyum N.H.F.Desp.Phleum pratense var. elongatum DubyPhleum pratense var. elongatum SchurPhleum pratense var. fallax (Janka) C.Klinggr.Phleum pratense var. laxiusculum Asch. & Graebn.Phleum pratense var. longiaristatum Parn.Phleum pratense var. longiciliatum Parn.Phleum pratense var. macrochaeton DöllPhleum pratense var. microstachyum (Ruiz ex Nyman) Briq.Phleum pratense var. minus GrayPhleum pratense var. nodosum (L.) Huds.Phleum pratense var. nodosum (L.) Schrad.Phleum pratense var. pratensePhleum pratense var. stoloniferum (Host) Rchb.Phleum pratense var. stoloniferum (Host) Serb. & Nyár.Phleum pratense var. stoloniformis (Host) Steud.Phleum pratense var. viviparum GrayPhleum pratense var. vulgare Celak.Phleum pratense var. vulgare DöllPhleum roshevitsii Pavlov, 1932Phleum roshevitzii PavlovPhleum stoloniferum HostPhleum trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.VallePhleum tuberosum Panz.Phleum tuberosum Panz. ex Trin.Phleum villosum OpizPhleum vulgare (Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.Phleum vulgare Chase & NilesPlantinia pratensis (L.) BubaniStelephuros pratensis (L.) Lunell
Documented use categories
Medicine
Animal food
Environmental use
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier415868-1
Use codesAF EU ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.