Name changes in the Old World <i>Rhus</i> and recognition of <i>Searsia</i> (Anacardiaceae)

Abstract

The background to and status of the genus Searsia F.A.Barkley (Anacardiaceae) is discussed and reasons given as to why it is the correct name for those Old World species in the Rhus complex fonnely regarded as subgenus Thezera (DC.) K.Koch (section Gerontogeae Engl.). An annotated list of all the accepted 111 species and 28 fiirther infraspecific taxa in Searsia is presented, and where necessary, new combinations are made and types are designated.

Antimicrobial activity of selected South African medicinal plants

“… A: A checklist of South African plants [ 3 ]; B: The International Plants Names Index [ 7 ] C: Moffett [ 8 ]; D: Trees of Southern Africa [ 9 ]; E: People’s Plants [ 2 ], F: African Ethnobotany [ 10 ]; G: The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa [ 11 ]; H: CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference [ 12 ]. * No reproductive parts (flowers, fruits) could be collected from this plant; consequently no herbarium specimen is available.…”

Anacardiaceae

“…The position within Anacardiaceae of several formerly segregated families including Podoaceae (Campylopetalum and Dobinea), Julianiaceae (Amphipterygium and Orthopterygium), and Pistaciaceae (Pistacia) has been solidified by molecular data. Moffett (2007) published the new combinations in Searsia for the mostly African former Rhus species, but much work remains to be done. Rhus s.l.…”

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“…A: A checklist of South African plants [3]; B: The International Plants Names Index [7] C: Moffett [8]; D: Trees of Southern Africa [9]; E: People’s Plants [2], F: African Ethnobotany [10]; G: The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa [11]; H: CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference [12]. …”