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Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26382 Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) singh@sanbi.org Singh, Yashica Seed surface Phytogeography Phytochemistry Morphology Key Hypoxis Descriptions Anatomy Taxonomy UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. Hypoxis is a diverse group of perennial geophytic herbs characterised by hairy leaves and yellow (seldom white) star-shaped flowers. The genus comprises about 70 species with a distribution in the warmer parts of all continents except Europe. With one third of the taxa, the Flora of southern Africa region (South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia and Botswana) is the most species rich for the genus world-wide. A taxonomic revision of the genus in southern Africa was undertaken; 28 species are recognised, one, H. nivea having been newly described. Morphological data were gathered through field observations and specimens kept in cultivation as well as herbarium specimens. Habit, leaf dimensions, inflorescence type and distribution of hairs on leaves were found to provide reliable diagnostic characters for species separation. These characters in combination with geographical distribution patterns were applied in drawing up a key to species in the Flora of southern Africa region. The treatment also includes brief notes on diagnostic characters and relationships, distribution and ecology, etymology, red data status and common names for each taxon. Nine species are data deficient due to insufficient collections or type specimens still to be located, and remain unresolved. Evidence from vegetative anatomy, seed micromorphology and preliminary phytochemistry were used to test possible phylogenetic relationships among species inferred from macromorphology. A few members of the southern African Hypoxis are of medicinal importance as their rhizomes are a rich source of hypoxoside which in its hydrolysed form has been shown to inhibit the growth of some cancer cells. Based largely on a literature survey, a review of the ethnobotany of the Hypoxidaceae, denoting the food, medicinal and magical value of members of the family is also offered. Plant Science unrestricted 2013-09-07T04:58:48Z 2009-10-29 2013-09-07T04:58:48Z 2009-09-02 2009-10-29 2009-07-17 Thesis Singh, Y 2009, Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26382 > C207/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26382 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07172009-175235/ © 2009 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Seed surface Phytogeography Phytochemistry Morphology Key Hypoxis Descriptions Anatomy Taxonomy UCTD Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title | Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title_full | Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title_short | Systematics of Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa |
| title_sort | systematics of hypoxis hypoxidaceae in southern africa |
| topic | Seed surface Phytogeography Phytochemistry Morphology Key Hypoxis Descriptions Anatomy Taxonomy UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26382 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07172009-175235/ |