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Agathosma capensis

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Internal ID UUID644007f20816d373744751
Scientific name Agathosma capensis
Authority Druce
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 421 (1912)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Schrebera capensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 117. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Agathosma blaerioides Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 112. [Dec 1834-Mar 1835]
Agathosma brevifolia Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 86. 1830
Agathosma chortophila Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 116 (1835)
Agathosma cyminoides Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 117 (1835)
Agathosma decumbens Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 116 (1835)
Agathosma delicatula Compton Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 19: 297 (1931)
Agathosma erecta Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 135 (1824)
Agathosma ericoides Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 206 (1831)
Agathosma fastigiata Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 117 (1835)
Agathosma geminifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 115 (1835)
Agathosma gillivrayi Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 430 (1860)
Agathosma glabrata var. eckloniana Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 437 1860
Agathosma gustrowensis Dümmer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 406 (1912)
Agathosma hirtella Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 430 (1860)
Agathosma juniperina Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 433 (1860)
Agathosma lactea Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 161 (1900)
Agathosma muizenbergensis Dümmer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 409 (1912)
Agathosma neglecta Dümmer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 422 (1912)
Agathosma nigra Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 117 (1835)
Agathosma owanii Harv. & Sond. ex Harv. Thes. Cap. 2: 42 (1863)
Agathosma patula G.Mey. ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 124 (1824)
Agathosma patula Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 116 (1835)
Agathosma platypetala Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 116 (1835)
Agathosma platypetala var. glabricalyx Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral 116 1835
Agathosma tenuis Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 423 (1860)
Agathosma tenuissima Otto ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 137 (1824)
Agathosma thunbergiana Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 150 (1824)
Agathosma thunbergiana Sond. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 425. 1860 [10-31 May 1860]
Agathosma variabilis Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 433 (1860)
Agathosma wendlandiana G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 788 (1831)
Bucco brevifolia Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 446 (1819)
Bucco erecta J.C.Wendl. Coll. Pl. 1: 17 (1805)
Diosma brevifolia Lam. Encycl. 2: 285 (1786)
Diosma capensis L. Mant. Pl. 2: 343 (1771)
Diosma chortophila (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma ciliata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 43. 1794
Diosma cyminoides (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma decumbens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma erecta DC. Prodr. 1: 715 (1824)
Diosma fastigiata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma geminifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 826 1839
Diosma lancifolia F.W.Schmidt Neue Selt. Pfl. : 37 (1793)
Diosma nigra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma patula Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 786 (1824)
Diosma platypetala (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 1839
Diosma tenuissima Willd. Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 12. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814]
Diosma thunbergiana Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 786 (1824)
Diosma thyoides Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 462 (1819)
Diosma uitenhagensis D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 827 (1839)
Hartogia capensis L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 939 (1759)
Hartogia chortophylla Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Hartogia decumbens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia erecta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia ericoides (Schltdl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia fastigiata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia gillivrayi Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia hirtella Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia juniperina Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia nigra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia patula Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia platypetala Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Hartogia tenuis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 102 (1891)
Hartogia thunbergiana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)
Agathosma erecta var. pauciflora Regel Index Seminum (LE) 1856: 37 1857
Agathosma erecta var. rosea Regel Index Seminum (LE) 1856: 37 1857
Agathosma capensis var. brevifolia (Bartl. & H.Wendl.) Dummer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 421 1912
Agathosma erecta var. brevifolia Bartl. & H.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 135 1824
Agathosma erecta var. pilosa Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 204 1831
Agathosma muizenbergensis var. minor Dummer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 410 1912
Agathosma variabilis var. pubescens Dummer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 420 1912
Agathosma patula G.F.W.Mey.
Hartogia chortophila (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cape buchu
English spicy buchu
Afrikaans anysboegoe
Afrikaans steenbokboegoe

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000523370
Tropicos 28100750
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770879-1
The Plant List kew-2625646
Open Tree Of Life 784931
NCBI Taxonomy 430971
IPNI 770879-1
iNaturalist 570161
GBIF 3834661
EOL 5622157
USDA GRIN 314274

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A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
Description of adult and third instar larva of Trichostetha curlei sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the Cape region of South Africa Perissinotto R, Šípek P, Ball JB Zookeys 23-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4140519
doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.7855
PMID:25161367

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