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Internal ID UUID643fd6d14a316878268561
Scientific name Schotia afra
Authority Thunb.
First published in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 79 (1794)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Guaiacum afrum L. Sp. Pl. : 382 (1753)

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English hottentot's bean
English karoo boer-bean
Afrikaans karooboerboon

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Schotia afra var. afra Unknown
Schotia afra var. angustifolia (E.Mey.) Harv. Fl. Cap.2: 274 (1862)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000170677
Tropicos 13047922
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518033-1
The Plant List ild-1694
Open Tree Of Life 946955
NCBI Taxonomy 162898
IUCN Red List 19891698
IPNI 518033-1
iNaturalist 138594
GBIF 2959241
EOL 638579
USDA GRIN 70718
Wikipedia Schotia_afra

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa Cowling RM, Cawthra H, Privett S, Grobler BA PeerJ 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722985
doi:10.7717/peerj.16427
PMID:38107568
Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure Strydom T, Kraaij T, Grobler BA, Cowling RM PeerJ 08-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9651048
doi:10.7717/peerj.14310
PMID:36389405
Herbivory and misidentification of target habitat constrain region-wide restoration success of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in South African subtropical succulent thicket van der Vyver ML, Mills AJ, Difford M, Cowling RM PeerJ 11-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8364318
doi:10.7717/peerj.11944
PMID:34447631
Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections Cunha AR, Soares AL, Brilhante M, Arsénio P, Vasconcelos T, Espírito-Santo D, Duarte MC, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8309379
doi:10.3390/plants10071367
PMID:34371570
Flower development of Goniorrhachis marginata reveals new insights into the evolution of the florally diverse detarioid legumes Prenner G, Cardoso D Ann Bot 26-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC5314645
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw223
PMID:28025284
Seasonal availability of edible underground and aboveground carbohydrate resources to human foragers on the Cape south coast, South Africa De Vynck JC, Cowling RM, Potts AJ, Marean CW PeerJ 18-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4768670
doi:10.7717/peerj.1679
PMID:26925319
Shift in Black Rhinoceros Diet in the Presence of Elephant: Evidence for Competition? Landman M, Schoeman DS, Kerley GI PLoS One 17-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3714249
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069771
PMID:23874997
Understanding Long-Term Variations in an Elephant Piosphere Effect to Manage Impacts Landman M, Schoeman DS, Hall-Martin AJ, Kerley GI PLoS One 17-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3444464
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045334
PMID:23028942
Morphological evolution in the variable resin-producing Detarieae (Fabaceae): do morphological characters retain a phylogenetic signal? Fougère-Danezan M, Herendeen PS, Maumont S, Bruneau A Ann Bot 25-Nov-2009
PMCID:PMC2814753
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp280
PMID:19939978

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