Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hypoxis villosa L.f. [Hypoxidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hypoxis villosa var. obliqua (Jacq.) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 184 (1896).
Fabricia villosa Thunb. in J.C.Fabricius, Reise Norwegen: 31 (1779).
Hypoxis decumbens Lam. Encycl. 3: 172 (1789), nom. illeg.
Hypoxis fabricia Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 83 (1788).
Hypoxis microsperma Avé-Lall. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 10: 50 (1845).
Hypoxis obliqua Jacq. Collectanea 5: 54 (1797).
Hypoxis scabra G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 10: t. 970 (1825).
Hypoxis tomentosa Lam. Encycl. 3: 182 (1789).
Hypoxis villosa var. fimbriata Nel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 310 (1914).
Hypoxis villosa var. scabra (G.Lodd.) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 184 (1896).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hypoxis villosa L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hypoxis villosa L.f.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hypoxis villosa L.f. var. obliqua (Jacq.) Baker	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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