Apocynaceae
Hoodia

Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 665 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Namibia to Free State. It is a succulent subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Species Profiles

  • CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).
  • Golding, J.S. (2002) Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report (SANBI) Report No.14. Southern Africa Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET.
  • Jansen, P.C.M. (2004) Hoodia currorii (Hook.) Decne. Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (eds), PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands.
  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) Ecosystems and human well-being: current state and trends, Vol.1. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Munoz Tellez, V. Recognising the traditional rights of the San people: the Hoodia case of benefit-sharing. School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London. Download a pdf version here
  • SEPASAL (Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands).
  • Taxonomic source data from Bruyns, P.V. (1993). A revision of Hoodia and Lavrania (Asclepiadaceae - Stapelieae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115: 145-270.
  • Van Rooyen, N. (2001) Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes. Ecotrust, Pretoria.
  • van Heerden, F.R. (2008) Hoodia gordonii: A natural appetite suppressant. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119: 434-437.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2002 Bartsch, S., Loots, S. [SB1059], Namibia K000743799 No
Jan 1, 1993 Dinter [8272], Namibia K000306192 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Pillans, N.S. [164], South Africa K000306193 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Pillans, N.S. [164], South Africa K000306194 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Bain [11], South Africa K000306196 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 K000306195 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Lycett [5], South Africa K000306197 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Burke [464], South Africa K000306200 Unknown type material Yes
Plowes, D. [4975C], Namibia 49729.000 No
Robertson, I. 49730.000 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [6820], South Africa 52210.000 No
Broom, R. [34942B], South Africa 6750.000 No
Burke [464], South Africa K000306198 Yes
Burke [463], South Africa K000306199 Unknown type material Yes
Pillans [9], South Africa K000306202 holotype Yes
Pillans [160], South Africa K000306201 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0