Hoodia
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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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