Boophone disticha information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Boophone disticha (L. f.) Herb.

Genus: Boophone
Family: Amaryllidaceae subfamily: Amaryllidoideae tribe: Amaryllideae subtribe: Boophoninae. Also placed in: Liliaceae
Nomen number: 7419
Place of publication: Bot. Mag. 52: sub t. 2578. 1825
Name verified on: 21-Dec-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

the 8 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Poison Pl EAfr)

More:

View toxicology references for Boophone disticha from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

AFRICA
East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Rwanda; Zaire
South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape; Swaziland

References:

Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. ["Boophane"].
Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. ["Boophane"].
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966–1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Verdcourt, B. & E. C. Trump. 1969. Common poisonous plants of East Africa.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Boophone disticha.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Boophone disticha.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Boophone disticha.

Synonyms:

(≡) Amaryllis disticha L. f. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Boophone disticha (L. f.) Herb.:

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7419 (19 June 2013)

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