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Internal ID UUID6440076221eab221136642
Scientific name Adenia kirkii
Authority Engl.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(4): 375. 1891 [1 Dec 1891]

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Modecca kirkii Mast. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 515 (1871)

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Chinese 彩叶蒴莲

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000520004
Tropicos 24201583
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674108-1
The Plant List kew-2621499
Open Tree Of Life 99199
NCBI Taxonomy 298516
IUCN Red List 179335
IPNI 674109-1
iNaturalist 437218
GBIF 5527756
USDA GRIN 451690

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Heterophyllin: A New Adenia Toxic Lectin with Peculiar Biological Properties Bortolotti M, Biscotti F, Zanello A, Polito L, Bolognesi A Toxins (Basel) 19-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10820617
doi:10.3390/toxins16010001
PMID:38276525
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
Biological Activities of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins Citores L, Ferreras JM Toxins (Basel) 01-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9865172
doi:10.3390/toxins15010035
PMID:36668855
Sequence, Structure, and Binding Site Analysis of Kirkiin in Comparison with Ricin and Other Type 2 RIPs Maiello S, Iglesias R, Polito L, Citores L, Bortolotti M, Ferreras JM, Bolognesi A Toxins (Basel) 03-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8705660
doi:10.3390/toxins13120862
PMID:34941700
Kirkiin: A New Toxic Type 2 Ribosome-Inactivating Protein from the Caudex of Adenia kirkii Bortolotti M, Maiello S, Ferreras JM, Iglesias R, Polito L, Bolognesi A Toxins (Basel) 22-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7912562
doi:10.3390/toxins13020081
PMID:33499082

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