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Internal ID UUID64400cf87d0f4900024193
Scientific name Bersama lucens
Authority (Hochst.) Szyszyl.
First published in Polypet. Discifl. Rehmann. 2: 50 (1888)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Rhaganus lucidus E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 216 (1843)
Natalia lucens Hochst. Flora 24: 664 (1841)

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Afrikaans blinkblaarwitessenhout

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000564475
Tropicos 20500001
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782136-1
The Plant List kew-2675120
Open Tree Of Life 733784
NCBI Taxonomy 85176
IUCN Red List 146298460
IPNI 782136-1
iNaturalist 581115
GBIF 3845281

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The ethnomedicine, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties of the genus Bersama: current review and future perspectives Nigussie G, Ashenef S, Meresa A Front Pharmacol 21-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10991763
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1366427
PMID:38576479
Bioactive Compounds as Potential Agents for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Management: A Review to Explore Molecular Mechanisms of Action Sharifi-Rad J, Quispe C, Rahavian A, Pereira Carneiro JN, Rocha JE, Alves Borges Leal AL, Bezerra Morais Braga MF, Melo Coutinho HD, Ansari Djafari A, Alarcón-Zapata P, Martorell M, Antika G, Tumer TB, Cruz-Martins N, Helon P, Paprocka P, Koch W, Docea AO, Calina D Front Pharmacol 24-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8421529
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.674682
PMID:34504422
South Africa’s Best BARK Medicines Prescribed at the Johannesburg Muthi Markets for Skin, Gut, and Lung Infections: MIC’s and Brine Shrimp Lethality Khumalo GP, Sadgrove NJ, Van Vuuren SF, Van Wyk BE Antibiotics (Basel) 07-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8227155
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10060681
PMID:34200286
Exploring African Medicinal Plants for Potential Anti-Diabetic Compounds with the DIA-DB Inverse Virtual Screening Web Server Pereira AS, den Haan H, Peña-García J, Moreno MM, Pérez-Sánchez H, Apostolides Z Molecules 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6571761
doi:10.3390/molecules24102002
PMID:31137754
Geraniales flowers revisited: evolutionary trends in floral nectaries Jeiter J, Weigend M, Hilger HH Ann Bot 26-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC5314648
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw230
PMID:28025289
The uneven phylogeny and biogeography of Erodium (Geraniaceae): radiations in the Mediterranean and recent recurrent intercontinental colonization Fiz-Palacios O, Vargas P, Vila R, Papadopulos AS, Aldasoro JJ Ann Bot 20-Sep-2010
PMCID:PMC2990656
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq184
PMID:20858592

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