TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pereus, D.
A1  - Otieno, J. N.
A1  - Ghorbani, Abdolbaset
A1  - Kocyan, Alexander
A1  - Hilonga, S.
A1  - de Boer, H. J.
T1  - Diversity of Hypoxis species used in ethnomedicine in Tanzania
JF  - South African journal of botany : an international interdisciplinary journal for botanical sciences
N2  - The corms of different Hypoxis species (Hypoxidaceae) are used for the treatment and management of a variety of human ailments and disorders in African traditional medicine. However, the used corms are morphologically similar and it is not known whether this has resulted in different species being harvested, prescribed and sold as the same species. Ethnomedicinal information regarding its use in Tanzania is scanty and the available ethnobotanical information about the plants is mostly from various studies done outside Tanzania. The objective of the study was to document the diverse uses of Hypoxis in Tanzania and study what species are used and whether preferences exist for specific species. Focus group discussions and in depth interviews with informants were done in 15 regions of Tanzania to document local uses of Hypoxis species and collect vouchers for identification. Traditional practitioners use Hypoxis to manage a variety of human illness in Tanzania, and appear to use different species indiscriminately for medicine, socio-cultural applications and for food. Medicinal uses include treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy, cancer, diabetes, gout, headache, HIV/AIDS, infertility, ringworms, stomachache, and urinary tract infections. In Tanzania, different Hypoxis species are used indiscriminately for a range of sociocultural and medicinal purposes. The reported medicinal uses could aid testing and evaluation of traditional herbal medicine and more research is needed to test their pharmacological effects. (C) 2018 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW  - Corms
KW  - Ethnobotany
KW  - Hypoxis
KW  - Tanzania
KW  - Traditional medicine
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.03.004
SN  - 0254-6299
SN  - 1727-9321
VL  - 122
SP  - 336
EP  - 341
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Snijman, Deirdre A.
A1  - Kocyan, Alexander
T1  - The genus Pauridia (Hypoxidaceae) amplified to include Hypoxis sect. Ianthe, Saniella and Spiloxene, with revised nomenclature and typification
JF  - Phytotaxa : a rapid international journal for accelerating the publication of botanical taxonomy
N2  - Recent phylogenetic analyses show that the species of the southern African genera Pauridia, Saniella and Spiloxene and the Australian, Tasmanian and New Zealand Hypoxis sect. Ianthe form a highly supported, monophyletic clade. In keeping with earlier suggestions that these taxa doubtfully warrant separate status, and to avoid the recognition of Hypoxis and Spiloxene as paraphyletic, we expand the circumscription of Pauridia to include Saniella, Spiloxene and Hypoxis sect. Ianthe. As a result 33 new combinations at specific and infraspecific level are proposed and one epitype, two neotypes and 30 lectotypes are newly designated. Three basionyms, of which Linnaeus, Linnaeus filius and Lamarck are the authors, are also typified (Amaryllis capensis, Hypoxis aquatica, and Hypoxis pumila).
KW  - Hypoxidaceae
KW  - Hypoxis
KW  - new combination
KW  - Pauridia
KW  - Saniella
KW  - Spiloxene
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - typification
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.116.1.2
SN  - 1179-3155
VL  - 116
IS  - 1
SP  - 19
EP  - 33
PB  - Magnolia Press
CY  - Auckland
ER  -