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Ansellia africana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID643fdfb1c312e971215724
Scientific name Ansellia africana
Authority Lindl.
First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t. 12 (1844)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ansellia africana subsp. australis (Summerh.) Senghas Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(23): 1454 (1990)
Ansellia africana var. australis Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 462 1937
Ansellia africana var. nilotica Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 154. 1875
Ansellia confusa N.E.Br. Lindenia 2: 36 (1886)
Ansellia congoensis Rodigas Lindenia 2: 35 (1886)
Ansellia gigantea Rchb.f. Linnaea 20: 673 (1847)
Ansellia gigantea subsp. nilotica (N.E.Br.) Senghas Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(23): 1455 (1990)
Ansellia gigantea var. nilotica (Baker) Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 462 1937
Ansellia humilis Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1891: 3 (1891)
Ansellia nilotica N.E.Br. Lindenia 2: 36 (1886)
Cymbidium sandersonii Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. , ed. 2: 360 (1868)

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Language Common/alternative name
English african ansellia
English leopard orchid
English aslla. africana
Spanish orquidea leopardo
Spanish orquídea leopardo
Afrikaans luiperd-boomorgidee
French orchidée léopard
Lithuanian anzelija
Lithuanian leopardine orchidėja
Lithuanian leopardinė orchidėja
Lithuanian afrikinė anzelija
Chinese 安舌兰

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000218609
Tropicos 23505588
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:616658-1
The Plant List kew-10363
Open Tree Of Life 138958
NCBI Taxonomy 187183
IUCN Red List 44392142
IPNI 616658-1
iNaturalist 140924
GBIF 2842140
Freebase /m/04v2ng
EPPO BNYAF
EOL 1142649

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Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity Jung T, Milenković I, Balci Y, Janoušek J, Kudláček T, Nagy ZÁ, Baharuddin B, Bakonyi J, Broders KD, Cacciola SO, Chang TT, Chi NM, Corcobado T, Cravador A, Đorđević B, Durán A, Ferreira M, Fu CH, Garcia L, Hieno A, Ho HH, Hong C, Junaid M, Kageyama K, Kuswinanti T, Maia C, Májek T, Masuya H, Magnano di San Lio G, Mendieta-Araica B, Nasri N, Oliveira LS, Pane A, Pérez-Sierra A, Rosmana A, Sanfuentes von Stowasser E, Scanu B, Singh R, Stanivuković Z, Tarigan M, Thu PQ, Tomić Z, Tomšovský M, Uematsu S, Webber JF, Zeng HC, Zheng FC, Brasier CM, Horta Jung M Stud Mycol 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11003442
doi:10.3114/sim.2024.107.04
PMID:38600961
Destructive Phytophthora on orchids: current knowledge and future perspectives Bag TK, Dutta P, Hubballi M, Kaur R, Mahanta M, Chakraborty A, Das G, Kataky M, Waghunde R Front Microbiol 05-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10810131
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1139811
PMID:38274767
The Impact of Post-Fire Smoke on Plant Communities: A Global Approach Zahed M, Bączek-Kwinta R Plants (Basel) 13-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10674613
doi:10.3390/plants12223835
PMID:38005732
Plant-Derived Smoke and Karrikin 1 in Seed Priming and Seed Biotechnology Kępczyński J, Kępczyńska E Plants (Basel) 19-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10304287
doi:10.3390/plants12122378
PMID:37376003
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Incorporation of Organic Growth Additives to Enhance In Vitro Tissue Culture for Producing Genetically Stable Plants Hamdeni I, Louhaichi M, Slim S, Boulila A, Bettaieb T Plants (Basel) 14-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9697419
doi:10.3390/plants11223087
PMID:36432813
De novo transcriptome based insights into secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Malaxis acuminata (Jeevak)–A therapeutically important orchid Bhattacharyya P, Sharma T, Yadav A, Lalthafamkimi L, Ritu, Swarnkar MK, Joshi R, Shankar R, Kumar S Front Plant Sci 18-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9623264
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.954467
PMID:36330257
The challenges of growing orchids from seeds for conservation: An assessment of asymbiotic techniques Jolman D, Batalla MI, Hungerford A, Norwood P, Tait N, Wallace LE Appl Plant Sci 11-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9575117
doi:10.1002/aps3.11496
PMID:36258786
Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania – a systematic review Mogha NG, Kalokora OJ, Amir HM, Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9553154
doi:10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
PMID:36205572
Micropropagation, encapsulation, physiological, and genetic homogeneity assessment in Casuarina equisetifolia Ahmad Z, Yadav V, Shahzad A, Emamverdian A, Ramakrishnan M, Ding Y Front Plant Sci 18-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9436273
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.905444
PMID:36061770
An Interplay of Light and Smoke Compounds in Photoblastic Seeds Bączek-Kwinta R Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9269607
doi:10.3390/plants11131773
PMID:35807725
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Chemical Composition and Cytotoxic Activity of the Essential Oil and Oleoresins of In Vitro Micropropagated Ansellia africana Lindl: A Vulnerable Medicinal Orchid of Africa Saleh-E-In MM, Bhattacharyya P, Van Staden J Molecules 28-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8347246
doi:10.3390/molecules26154556
PMID:34361724
DNA barcoding and genetic fidelity assessment of micropropagated Aenhenrya rotundifolia (Blatt.) C.S. Kumar and F.N. Rasm.: a critically endangered jewel orchid Sherif NA, Senthil Kumar T, Rao MV Physiol Mol Biol Plants 24-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7772124
doi:10.1007/s12298-020-00917-9
PMID:33424154
Naturally Occurring and Artificial N9-Cytokinin Conjugates: From Synthesis to Biological Activity and Back Vylíčilová H, Bryksová M, Matušková V, Doležal K, Plíhalová L, Strnad M Biomolecules 29-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7356397
doi:10.3390/biom10060832
PMID:32485963

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