Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall. [Hypoxidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african potato	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african star grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hypoxis	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hypoxis tuber	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
inkomfe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
radix hypoxidis	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
star fl ower	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
star flower	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tubera hypoxidis.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
xirangabwana	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Corm		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
rhizome, tuber		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tuber	fresh or dried mature corms (tubers), less often extracts	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hypoxis rooperi T.Moore Gard. Companion Florists' Guide 1: 65 (1852).
Hypoxis elata Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5690 (1868), nom. illeg.
Hypoxis obconica Nel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 330 (1914).
Hypoxis patula Nel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 333 (1914).
Hypoxis rooperi var. forbesii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 118 (1878).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hypoxis haemerocallidea Fischer et Meyer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C. A. Mey.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A. Mey. & Ave-Lall.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave'-Lall.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.a.mey. & Av-lall.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch.Mey. & Avé-Lall.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Hypoxis rooperi Moore	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Hypoxis rooperii Moore	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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