Correct authorship of Corydalis yanhusuo (Papaveraceae)

Yanhusuo (延胡索), also known as Corydalis Rhizoma, is a traditional Chinese medicine derived from the dried tuber of Corydalis yanhusuo.Yanhusuo is widely valued for its analgesic, qi-regulating, and blood-invigorating properties (Su & Wu 1985, Wu 1999, Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia 4 th Edition Committee 2022).Culturally, Yanhusuo holds special significance as one of the traditional "Zhebawei (浙八味)," a set of eight dao-di (regionally authentic) medicinal materials long cultivated in Zhejiang Province and frequently cited in classical prescriptions (Han et al. 2024).Its longstanding cultural and medicinal importance underscores the importance of stable and accurate scientific nomenclature.While verifying names used in the Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia 4 th Edition English Version (THP IV; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia 4 th Edition Committee 2022)-Taiwan's official standard for the quality control of traditional Chinese medicinal materials-against Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (Wu 1999; FRPS), Flora of China (Zhang et al. 2008; FOC), and major plant databases such as Plant Plus of China (iPlant 2025), International Plant Names Index (