Taxon:  Arctium lappa L.



Summary
Genus:
Arctium
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Carduinae
Nomen number:
3857
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:816.  1753
Verified:
02/24/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Arctium majus Bernh.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Arctium edule Beger
Lappa edulis Siebold ex Miq., nom. inval.
Lappa major Gaertn.
Lappa officinalis All.

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Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English beggar's-buttons 1 Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):78-82.
English burdock 1 McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English edible burdock as A. lappa var. edule 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English great burdock 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English greater burdock 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English lappa 1 Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English (Canada) great burdock Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 266.
French bardane comestible 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French glouteron 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French grande bardane 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French oreille de géant 2 Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):78-82.
French (Canada) grande bardane Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 266.
German eßbare Klettenwurzel 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German große Klette 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German japanische Klettenwurzel 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Chinese niu bang 牛蒡 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Indonesian gobo 2 Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):78-82.
Japanese Rōmaji gobō 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese bardana-maior 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish bardana 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish lampazo mayor 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish lapa 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish stor kardborre 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean ueong 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:78
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2CultivatedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia s.e.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java], Philippines
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia (s.e.)
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
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.
Medicinesfolkloreas Arctium majusInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1989. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2 Note: World Health Organization, Manila
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3857. Accessed 22 November 2024.