Hoodia gordonii
Hoodia gordonii

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Hoodia
Species: Hoodia gordonii

Name edit

Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne., 1844

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Ceropegia gordonii (Masson) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 420 (2017)
    • Monothylaceum gordonii (Masson) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 116 (1837), not validly publ.
    • Scytanthus gordonii (Masson) Hook. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 7: t. 625 (1844)
    • Stapelia gordonii Masson in Stapel. Nov.: 24 (1797)
  • Heterotypic
    • Hoodia albispina N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 900 (1909)
    • Hoodia bainii Dyer in Bot. Mag. 104: t. 6348 (1878)
    • Hoodia barklyi Dyer in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 252 (1876)
    • Hoodia burkei N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 899 (1909)
    • Hoodia husabensis Nel in A.C.White & B.L.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3: 1069 (1937)
    • Hoodia langii Oberm. & Letty in A.C.White & B.L.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3: 1067 (1937)
    • Hoodia longispina Plowes in Brit. Cactus Succ. J. 11: 57 (1993)
    • Hoodia pillansii N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 898 (1909)
    • Hoodia rosea Oberm. & Letty in Fl. Pl. South Africa 16: t. 615 (1936)
    • Hoodia whitesloaneana Dinter ex A.C.White & B.Sloane in Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3: 1071 (1937), no Latin descr.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Sweet, R. in A. L. P. P. de Candolle, 1844. Prodr. 8:665.

Additional references edit

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans:  Bobbejaanghaap, Bergghaap, Bitterghaap, Bokhoring
нохчийн:  Ceropegia gordonii
English: Ghaap, Hoodia, Queen of the Namib, African hats, Milkweed
فارسی:  هوديا جوردونى
עברית:  הודיה גורדוני
svenska:  Flugtallrik
中文:  丽杯角, 呼撒丽杯角
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