Chinese Pharmacopoeia species (CP05 Accepted Latin scientific Part used in TCM Pharmaceutical name Chinese name Latin scientific synonyms English) name ( Flora of China ) or (from Chinese Pin Yin name 1: from Flora of China other comment Pharmacopoeia 2005/2010 (CP05/10) (http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china); 2: additional synonyms from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (http://apps.kew.org/wcsp) The following 6 species are those used in the TCM formula: " Liu Wei Di Huang Wan " 1 Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. Alisma orientale ( Sam.) Juz. Tuber/rhizome Rhizoma Alismatis 泽泻 'Ze Xie ' or 1: Alisma plantago-aquatica L. var. (note slightly different ending) Alismatis rhizoma 'Zexie ' orientale Sam. ; Alisma plantago- aquatica subsp. orientale (Sam.) Sam. 2 Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. Cornus officinalis Sieb. & Ripe fruit Fructus Corni 山茱萸 'Shan 1: Macrocarpium officinale (Sieb. & Zucc. Corni fructus Zhu Yu ' or Zucc.) Nak.; 'Shanzhuyu ' 2: Cornus officinalis var. koreana Kitam., 3 Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Tuber/rhizome Rhizoma Dioscoreae 山药 'Shan Yao ' 1. Dioscorea batatas Dec. ; D. (the CP05 name ' D. opposita Dioscoreae rhizoma or ' Shanyao ' decaisneana Carrière ; D. doryphora Thunb.' is a nomenclatural Hance; D. potaninii Prain & Burk.; D. synonym which has been rosthornii Diels; D. swinhoei Rolfe misapplied; the name D. 2. D. batatas forma clavata Makino; opposita is therefore D. batatas forma daikok Makino; D. superfluous and illegitimate ba and scientifically should not be used (following advice from M. Gilbert 4 Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. Following a major Chinese Rootbark Cortex Moutan 牡丹皮 'Mu Dan 1. Paeonia ostii var. lishizhenii B. A. taxonomic revision (De-yuan Moutan cortex Pi ' or ' Mudanpi ' Shen; P. suffruticosa Andrews subsp. Hong et al. , 1999. "A revision ostii ( T. Hong & J. X. Zhang) Halda. of the Paeonia suffruticosa complex (Paeoniaceae)" Nordic Journal of Botany , vol. 19 (3): 289 – 300) the name 'P. suffruticosa Andr.' is no longer considered botanically 5 Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf. Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Sclerotium (mass Poria 茯苓 'Fu Ling ' Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolff; Wolfiporia Ginns of mycelium) or 'Fuling ' cocoa (F.A. Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb 6 Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. Rehmannia glutinosa Processed Radix Rehmanniae 熟地黄 'Shu Di 1. Digitalis glutinosa Gaertner; (Gaertner) Liboschitz ex tuber/rhizome Preparata Huang ' or Rehmannia chinensis Fischer & Rehmanniae radix 'Shudihuang '; Liboschitz ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer; C. A. Meyer preparata R. glutinosa var. hemsleyana Diels; R. glutinosa var. huechingensis Chao ‘Sheng Di & Shih; R. glutinosa forma Unprocessed Radix Rehmanniae Huang’ or huechingensis ( Chao & Shih) P. G. rhizome/tuber Rehmanniae radix ‘Shengdihuang’ Hsiao; R. glutinosa forma purpu The following species had been requested at the meeting. 1 2 species: Ganodeerma ludicum (Leyss. Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) Sporophore Ganoderma 灵芝 'Ling Zhi ' Ex Fr.) Karst. and Ganoderma sinensis P. Karst but this is not a (spore-bearing or ‘Lingzhi’ Zhao, Xu et Zhang Chinese species, although part) the name given to many samples 2 Angelica pubescens Maxim. f .biserrata Root Radix Angelicae Shan et Yuan pubescentis 独活'Du Huo ' or Angelica pubescentis radix ‘Duhuo’ 3 Astragalus membranaceus Bge. Root Radix astragali 黃 芪 'Huang Qi ' Astragali Radix or ‘Huangqi’ 4 Atractylodes macrocephala Koide Tuber/rhizome Rhizoma atractylodis Atractylodis Ovatae 白术 'Bai Zhu ' Rhizoma or ‘Baizhu’ 5 Scutellaria baicalensis George Root 黃 芩 'Huang Radix scutellariae Qin ' or Scutellariae Radix ‘Huangqin’ All the above species are frequently used in TCM and it is hoped that the different WPs can assist us to gather data on these species - especially the first 6 species. .