Aloe greatheadii: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)1) Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. davyana (Schönland) Glen & D.S. Hardy is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Aloe barbertoniae Pole-Evans, Aloe comosibracteata Reynolds, Aloe davyana Schönland, Aloe davyana var. davyana Schönland, Aloe davyana var. subolifera Groenew., Aloe graciliflora Groenew., Aloe greatheadii var. davyana Glen & Hardy, Aloe labiaflava Groenew., Aloe longibracteata Pole-Evans, Aloe mutans Reynolds, Aloe verdoorniae Reynolds) (Aloe greatheadii was first collected by Dr. S. Schonland and Dr. J.B. Greathead at Mapellapoede (= Mabela-e-Pudi = the goat’s nipples), 18 miles North of Serowe on the road to Lake Ngami, Bechuanaland, in August 1903, see A. Sillery, The Bechuanaland Protectorate. London 1952, R.A.R. Bent, Ten Thousand Men of Africa: the story of the Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners 1941–1946. London 1952. The variety, davyana, named after Dr. J. Burtt Davy, head of the Botany Division (later Botanical Research Institute) of the Department of Agriculture in 1903..
References regarding Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. davyana (Schönland) Glen & D.S. Hardy for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Tijdschr. Natuurk. Wetensch. Kunsten (1936)
· . S. African Bot. (1936)
· Fl. Pl. South Africa (1939)
· S. African Journal of Botany (1987)
· Phytochemistry
· Molecules (2169)
2) Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. greatheadii is another plant having the following synonyms: Aloe pallidiflora A. Berger, Aloe termetophyla De Wild..
References regarding Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. greatheadii for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Rec. Albany Mus. (1904)
· Flora Zambesiaca (2001)
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Partial matches: Aloe.
Full-text: Kgopane, Kleinaalwyn, Transvaalaalwyn, Kxophane, Grasaalwyn, Bontblaaraalwyn, Spotted aloe.
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