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Xerophyta spekei

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440242a19667866752286
Scientific name Xerophyta spekei
Authority Baker
First published in J. Bot. 13: 284. 1875

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Vellozia spekei Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29(3): 156. 1875 [11 Sep 1875]
Vellozia aequatorialis Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 409 (1895)
Xerophyta aequatorialis (Harms) N.L.Menezes Ci. & Cult. 23: 422 (1971)
Xerophyta tomentosa T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 272 (1894)
Barbacenia aequatorialis Harms Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 146 (1895)
Barbacenia helenae Buscal. & Muschl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 462 (1913)
Barbacenia spekei Harms Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 146 (1895)
Vellozia tomentosa Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 412 (1898)
Barbacenia tomentosa Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 144 (1892)
Vellozia spekei (Baker) Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 156 1875

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000752035
Tropicos 33600432
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67162-1
The Plant List kew-291558
Open Tree Of Life 3968284
NCBI Taxonomy 1289419
IPNI 67163-1
iNaturalist 628886
GBIF 2863502
EOL 1083567

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In Vitro Hypoglycemic and Antioxidant Activities of Dichloromethane Extract of Xerophyta spekei Ndile MM, Makori WA, Kibiti CM, Ngugi MP Scientifica (Cairo) 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10769734
doi:10.1155/2023/6652112
PMID:38188987
Quantitative Phytochemical Profile and In Vitro Antioxidant Properties of Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Xerophyta spekei (Baker) and Grewia tembensis (Fresen) Nyalo P, Omwenga G, Ngugi M J Evid Based Integr Med 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10034282
doi:10.1177/2515690X231165096
PMID:36945829
Antibacterial properties and GC-MS analysis of ethyl acetate extracts of Xerophyta spekei (Baker) and Grewia tembensis (Fresen) Nyalo PO, Omwenga GI, Ngugi MP Heliyon 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10010989
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14461
PMID:36925541
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
Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Acanthochlamys bracteata (China) and Xerophyta (Africa) (Velloziaceae): Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomic Placement Wanga VO, Dong X, Oulo MA, Mkala EM, Yang JX, Onjalalaina GE, Gichua MK, Kirika PM, Gituru RW, Hu GW, Wang QF Front Plant Sci 14-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8238049
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.691833
PMID:34194461
Plants Used in Antivenom Therapy in Rural Kenya: Ethnobotany and Future Perspectives Omara T J Toxicol 16-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7315313
doi:10.1155/2020/1828521
PMID:32612650
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Xerophyta spekei (Velloziaceae) Wanga VO, Dong X, Oulo MA, Munyao JN, Mkala EM, Kirika P, Gituru RW, Hu GW Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 13-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC7720974
doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698365
PMID:33366441
Traditional Medicines Among the Embu and Mbeere Peoples of Kenya Kareru PG, Kenji GM, Gachanja AN, Keriko JM, Mungai G Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 28-Aug-2006
PMCID:PMC2816425
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v4i1.31193
PMID:20162075

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