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Taxon:  Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren



Summary
Genus:
Epimedium
Subgenus:
Epimedium
Section:
Macroceras
Family:
Berberidaceae
Subfamily:
Berberidoideae
Tribe:
Berberideae
Subtribe:
Epimediinae
Nomen number:
402580
Place of publication:
Hort. Belge 2:141, t. 35, fig. A. 1834
Verified:
02/09/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren f. flavescens Stearn (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren f. grandiflorum (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren f. violaceum (C. Morren & Decne.) Stearn (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren var. coelestre (Nakai) T. Shimizu (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren var. grandiflorum (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren var. koreanum (Nakai) K. Suzuki (0 active accession[s])
Epimedium grandiflorum C. Morren var. thunbergianum (Miq.) Nakai (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  6. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 2006. Flora of Japan. 2a:345-364.
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  8. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Stearn, W. T. 1938. Epimedium and Vancouveria (Berberidaceae), a monograph. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51:479.
  11. Stearn, W. T. 2002. The genus Epimedium and other herbaceous Berberidaceae including the genus Podophyllum 137.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: notes that reports from China are treated as Epimedium koreanum
Common names
English
barrenwort –
Chinese
yin yang huo (淫羊藿) –
French
fleur des elfes à grande fleurs –
German
großblütige Sockenblume –
Swedish
japansk sockblomma –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, North  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Korea, North
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Stearn, W. T. 2002. The genus Epimedium and other herbaceous Berberidaceae including the genus Podophyllum 137.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402580. Accessed 29 April 2025.