Hoodia

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Name (Hebrew)
הודיה
Name (Latin)
Hoodia
Name (Arabic)
الهوديا
See Also From tracing topical name
Asclepiadaceae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q134234
Library of congress: sh2001007922
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Halda, J.J. Notes on the observations upon the structure of the Paeonia seeds, fruit, and roots, c1998:t.p. (the genus Hoodia Sweet ex Decne) p. 28 (Hoodia (Asclepiadaceae - Stapelieae))
  • Mabberley, D.J. The plant-book, c1997(Hoodia; Asclepiadaceae)
  • Index nominum genericorum (plantarum), 1979(under Hoodia: substitute name for Scytanthus; Phan.-Asclepiadaceae; under Scytanthus [3 entries]: Scytanthus, nomenclatural synonym of Hoodia, Phan.-Asclepiadaceae; Scytanthus, Phan.-Cytinaceae; Scytanthus, nomenclatural synonym of Thomandersia, Phan.-Pedaliaceae/Acanthaceae)
  • Names in current use for extant plant genera, 1993(Hoodia; Dicotyledones: Asclepiadaceae)
  • Hortus 3(Hoodia; Asclepiadaceae)
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Wikipedia description:

Hoodia (; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa. One species of Hoodia in particular, Hoodia gordonii, has achieved a degree of fame and controversy, after being investigated for use as a possible appetite suppressant.

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