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Viscum capense

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID644047a7327d2862269437
Scientific name Viscum capense
Authority L.f.
First published in Suppl. Pl. : 426 (1782)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Arceuthobium capense (L.f.) J.Presl Prir. Rostlin 2: 28 (1825)
Aspidixia capensis (L.f.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 163 (1896)
Aspidixia robusta (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 193 (1896)
Viscum capense subsp. capense L.f.
Viscum rigidum Engl. & K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 471 (1914)
Viscum robustum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 358 (1837)

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001074277
Tropicos 19100035
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:552293-1
The Plant List tro-19100035
Open Tree Of Life 658022
NCBI Taxonomy 379310
IPNI 552293-1
iNaturalist 119585
GBIF 7295666
Freebase /m/0fqrt5j
Wikipedia Viscum_capense

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Scientific Literature Top

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The cardioprotective potential of selected species of mistletoe Olas B Front Pharmacol 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11043484
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1395658
PMID:38666019
A Scoping Review of Genus Viscum: Biological and Chemical Aspects of Alcoholic Extracts Melo MN, Batista JV, Peñaloza EM, Oliveira AP, Garrett R, Baumgartner S, Holandino C Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10181296
doi:10.3390/plants12091811
PMID:37176869
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
Anti-SARS-CoV Natural Products With the Potential to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Verma S, Twilley D, Esmear T, Oosthuizen CB, Reid AM, Nel M, Lall N Front Pharmacol 25-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7546787
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.561334
PMID:33101023
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7384428
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113194
PMID:32730880
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7383173
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113204
PMID:32730881
Biological activity of mistletoe: in vitro and in vivo studies and mechanisms of action Szurpnicka A, Kowalczuk A, Szterk A Arch Pharm Res 03-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7340679
doi:10.1007/s12272-020-01247-w
PMID:32621089
Vascular Epiphytic Medicinal Plants as Sources of Therapeutic Agents: Their Ethnopharmacological Uses, Chemical Composition, and Biological Activities Nugraha AS, Triatmoko B, Wangchuk P, Keller PA Biomolecules 24-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7072150
doi:10.3390/biom10020181
PMID:31991657
Efficacy and Mechanism of Traditional Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds against Clinically Important Pathogens Mickymaray S Antibiotics (Basel) 09-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6963422
doi:10.3390/antibiotics8040257
PMID:31835403

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