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Hydnora abyssinica

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64402119a9d63921884800
Scientific name Hydnora abyssinica
Authority A.Br.
First published in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 217 (1867)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Hydnora abyssinica var. quinquefida Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 386. 1900
Hydnora aethiopica Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873)
Hydnora angolensis Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873)
Hydnora bogosensis Becc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 6 (1871)
Hydnora cornii Vaccaneo Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 39: 304 (1932)
Hydnora gigantea Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 156 (1916)
Hydnora gigantea var. trimera Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 157. 1916
Hydnora hanningtonii Rendle J. Bot. 34: 55 (1896)
Hydnora johannis Becc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 5 (1871)
Hydnora michaelis Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2 Anh.): 17 (1932)
Hydnora ruspolii Chiov. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 57 (1917)
Hydnora solmsiana Dinter Deut. Südw. Afrik. : 45 (1909)
Hydnora johannis var. quinquefida (Engl.) Solms Pflanzenr. IV, 76: 7 1901
Hydnora johannis var. gigantea (Chiov.) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. ser. 6, 5: 436. 1934
Hydnora johannis f. trimera (Chiov.) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. VI, 5: 436 1934
Hydnora johannis f. quinquefida (Solms) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. VI, 5: 445 1934

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000726153
Tropicos 50264078
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316038-1
The Plant List kew-2855557
Open Tree Of Life 7590239
NCBI Taxonomy 470280
IPNI 316038-1
iNaturalist 429585
GBIF 3646094

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Medicinal plants used in the management of cancers by residents in the Elgon Sub-Region, Uganda Kudamba A, Kasolo JN, Bbosa GS, Lugaajju A, Wabinga H, Niyonzima N, Ocan M, Damani AM, Kafeero HM, Ssenku JE, Alemu SO, Lubowa M, Walusansa A, Muwonge H BMC Complement Med Ther 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10714536
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04273-5
PMID:38087230
Phylogenetic and comparative analyses of Hydnora abyssinica plastomes provide evidence for hidden diversity within Hydnoraceae Mkala EM, Jost M, Dong X, Mwachala G, Musili PM, Wanke S, Hu GW, Wang QF BMC Ecol Evol 18-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10353213
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02142-w
PMID:37464315
Effect of global warming on the potential distribution of a holoparasitic plant (Phelypaea tournefortii): both climate and host distribution matter Piwowarczyk R, Kolanowska M Sci Rep 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10318063
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37897-1
PMID:37400559
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
The traditional use of wild edible plants in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of Mieso District, eastern Ethiopia Tahir M, Abrahim A, Beyene T, Dinsa G, Guluma T, Alemneh Y, Van Damme P, Geletu US, Mohammed A Trop Med Health 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9948460
doi:10.1186/s41182-023-00505-z
PMID:36814353
Predicting the potential distribution of four endangered holoparasites and their primary hosts in China under climate change Lu X, Jiang R, Zhang G Front Plant Sci 03-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9384867
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.942448
PMID:35991412
Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia Agize M, Asfaw Z, Nemomissa S, Gebre T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 21-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9210772
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00546-4
PMID:35729583
Structural Plastome Evolution in Holoparasitic Hydnoraceae with Special Focus on Inverted and Direct Repeats Jost M, Naumann J, Bolin JF, Martel C, Rocamundi N, Cocucci AA, Lupton D, Neinhuis C, Wanke S Genome Biol Evol 25-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9168662
doi:10.1093/gbe/evac077
PMID:35660863
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Traditional and Phytochemical Bases of Herbs, Shrubs, Climbers, and Trees from Ethiopia for Their Anticancer Response Abate L, Tadesse MG, Bachheti A, Bachheti RK Biomed Res Int 03-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8831057
doi:10.1155/2022/1589877
PMID:35155671
Isolation of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants used in traditional medicine: Rautandiol B, a potential lead compound against Plasmodium falciparum Dawurung CJ, Nguyen MT, Pengon J, Dokladda K, Bunyong R, Rattanajak R, Kamchonwongpaisan S, Nguyen PT, Pyne SG BMC Complement Med Ther 13-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8438977
doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03406-y
PMID:34517853
Wild edible plants traditionally collected and used in southern Yemen Al-Fatimi M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8351113
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00475-8
PMID:34372859
Understanding the Ethnobotany, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Distribution of Genus Hydnora (Aristolochiaceae) Mkala EM, Mutungi MM, Mutinda ES, Oulo MA, Wanga VO, Mwachala G, Hu GW Plants (Basel) 05-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8001087
doi:10.3390/plants10030494
PMID:33807757
The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for? Těšitel J, Li AR, Knotková K, McLellan R, Bandaranayake PC, Watson DM Plant Physiol 29-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC8133642
doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaa069
PMID:33793868
The use of traditional medicines among mycetoma patients Kunna E, Yamamoto T, Fahal A Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 27-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC8046407
doi:10.1093/trstmh/traa135
PMID:33247308

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