Hoodia officinalis
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64405742bc64a121989339 |
| Scientific name | Hoodia officinalis |
| Authority | (N.E.Br.) Plowes |
| First published in | Asklepios 56: 9 (1992) |
Description Top
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Hoodia officinalis is a succulent plant found in Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. It has two subspecies, subsp. officinalis and subsp. delaetiana, which can be distinguished by their distribution. Subsp. delaetiana is larger and found only in the Klinghardt Mountains. H. officinalis typically grows to a height of 20-40 centimeters.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Trichocaulon officinale | N.E.Br. | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 264 (1895) |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Hoodia officinalis subsp. delaetiana | (Dinter) Bruyns | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115: 216 (1993) |
| Hoodia officinalis subsp. officinalis | Unknown |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Free State
- Namibia
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Southern Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001259413 |
| Tropicos | 50191684 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:964735-1 |
| The Plant List | tro-50191684 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 26546 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 197267 |
| IPNI | 964735-1 |
| iNaturalist | 587548 |
| GBIF | 7183109 |
| USDA GRIN | 448985 |
| Wikipedia | Hoodia_officinalis |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |