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Internal ID UUID64401a09e7f66321492353
Scientific name Hypoxis rigidula
Authority Baker
First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 116 (1878)

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Language Common/alternative name
English silver-leaved star-flower
st moli-teane
xh incaluka
Zulu inkomfe

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Hypoxis rigidula var. pilosissima Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 117 (1878)
Hypoxis rigidula var. rigidula Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000670492
Tropicos 100205433
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65541-1
The Plant List kew-279174
Open Tree Of Life 3994979
NCBI Taxonomy 2447912
IPNI 65541-1
iNaturalist 587718
GBIF 2852914
EPPO HXYRI
EOL 1001892
USDA GRIN 19634

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Ethnoveterinary Knowledge and Biological Evaluation of Plants Used for Mitigating Cattle Diseases: A Critical Insight Into the Trends and Patterns in South Africa Chakale MV, Mwanza M, Aremu AO Front Vet Sci 19-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8417044
doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.710884
PMID:34490402
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
A Systematic Review on Comparative Analysis, Toxicology, and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants Against Haemonchus contortus Ali R, Rooman M, Mussarat S, Norin S, Ali S, Adnan M, Khan SN Front Pharmacol 10-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8141741
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.644027
PMID:34040520
Impact of acute, oral ingestion of hypoxoside from African potato on hepatic and renal function tests in HIV infected patients on combination antiretroviral therapy Matyanga CM, Morse GD, Gundidza M, Ndawana B, Reid A, Chitsike I, Nhachi CF J Herb Med 08-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7877801
doi:10.1016/j.hermed.2021.100427
PMID:33585170
Acaricidal activity of the aqueous and hydroethanolic extracts of 15 South African plants against Rhipicephalus turanicus and their toxicity on human liver and kidney cells Fouche G, Adenubi OT, Leboho T, McGaw LJ, Naidoo V, Wellington KW, Eloff JN Onderstepoort J Vet Res 22-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6676935
doi:10.4102/ojvr.v86i1.1665
PMID:31368326
Anthelmintic activity of acetone extracts from South African plants used on egg hatching of Haemonchus contortus Fouche G, Sakong BM, Adenubi OT, Pauw E, Leboho T, Wellington KW, Elof JN Onderstepoort J Vet Res 28-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC6238697
doi:10.4102/ojvr.v83i1.1164
PMID:27543148
Wild edible plant species utilized by a subsistence farming community in Obalanga sub-county, Amuria district, Uganda Ojelel S, Kakudidi EK J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4429352
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-7
PMID:25971428

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