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Taxon:
Hoodia gordonii
(Masson) Sweet ex Decne.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Hoodia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Nomen number:
19258
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 8:665. 1844
Verified:
10/17/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Stapelia gordonii
Masson
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hoodia barklyi
Dyer
Hoodia burkei
N. E. Br.
Hoodia longispina
Plowes
No images
Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
Albers, F.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds.
1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Bruyns, P. V.
1993. A revision of
Hoodia
and
Lavrania
(Asclepiadaceae - Stapelieae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115:185-192.
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Eggli, U.
1994. Sukkulenten Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Company.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Note:
lists as
Hoodia gordonii
(Mass.) Sweet
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
lists as
Hoodia gordonii
(Mass.) Sweet
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Wyk, B.-E. van et al.
2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa
Note:
Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Common names
English
ghaap –
Reference(s)
hoodia –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
bitterghaap –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Free State
w.
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Northern Cape
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Western Cape
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia
,
South Africa
[Free State (w.), Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
lists as
Hoodia gordonii
(Mass.) Sweet
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Medicines
folklore
Wyk, B.-E. van et al.
2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa
Note:
Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Medicines
source of P57
Wyk, B.-E. van et al.
2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa
Note:
Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Name
References