title: [Nomenclature revisions of various plants with the same names in the Chinese herbal Iconographia Plantarum].
abstract: The "Iconographia Plantarum" records 97 species of different plants with same names, of which 84 species have 2 namesakes; 11 species have 3 namesakes and 2 species have 4 namesakes. Of the species having namesakes 38 belong to the same family, 31 belong to different families and 16 belong to duplication of the same species. 7 species with same names are illustrated in "Jiuhuang Bencao", but a few species bear names that are inconsistent with the plants.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Nanjing.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification; D009626:Terminology as Topic