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Taxon:  Arctopus echinatus L.



Summary
Genus:
Arctopus
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Saniculeae
Nomen number:
450015
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1058. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
03/14/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1211. Note: conservation recommended
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2007. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 59. Taxon 56:1293. Note: conservation recommended
  3. Burtt, B. L. 1991. Umbelliferae of Southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Edinburgh J. Bot. 48:184.
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  5. Goldblatt, P. & J. Manning. 2000. Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia vol. 9.
  6. Van Wyk, B.-E. et al. 2006. (1729) Proposal to conserve the name Arctopus echinatus with a conserved type (Apiaceae). Taxon 55:541.
  7. Wyk, B.-E. van et al. 2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa Note: Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Common names
English
platdoring –
Afrikaans
sieketroos –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Wyk, B.-E. van et al. 2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa Note: Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=450015. Accessed 24 May 2025.