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Plate 479. Hoodia Pilifera subsp. Pillansii Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae
Author(s) -
Archer Robert H.,
Victor Janine E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8748.00398
Subject(s) - apocynaceae , subspecies , conservation status , botany , traditional medicine , biology , zoology , medicine , ecology , habitat
Summary. Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. pillansii (N.E. Br.) Bruyns is one of the rarer and less spectacular species of Hoodia . Its taxonomy, distribution and conservation status are briefly discussed with a full description of the subspecies.