Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agathosma ovata (Thunb.) F.Dietr. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Barosma angustifolia Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 116 (1824).
Barosma eckloniana Bartl. Linnaea 17: 363 (1843).
Barosma lanceolata Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 397 (1860).
Barosma ovata (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 109 (1824).
Barosma scoparia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 103 (1835).
Adenandra ovata (Thunb.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 239 (1821).
Agathosma acuminata Drège ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 155 (1848), not validly publ.
Agathosma punctata G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 789 (1831).
Barosma acutata Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 395 (1860).
Barosma dioica (Ker Gawl.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 114 (1824).
Barosma dioica var. hamata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 114 (1824).
Barosma dioica var. linifolia Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 114 (1824), not validly publ.
Barosma graveolens G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 786 (1831).
Barosma kraussiana Meisn. Flora 27(1): 303 (1844).
Barosma oblonga (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 112 (1824).
Barosma pauciflora Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 103 (1835).
Barosma peglerae Dümmer Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 327 (1912).
Barosma sertuliflora Delponte Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 14: 408 (1854).
Barosma ternata Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 103 (1835).
Bucco ovata (Thunb.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 442 (1819).
Diosma dioica Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 6: t. 502 (1821).
Diosma glandulosa Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 110 (1824).
Diosma graveolens Licht. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 461 (1819).
Diosma lanceolata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 43 (1794).
Diosma linifolia G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 4: t. 400 (1820).
Diosma oblonga Thunb. Phytogr. Blätt. 1: 23 (1803).
Diosma orbicularis Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. Beitr. Bot. 1: 110 (1824), not validly publ.
Diosma ovata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 43 (1794).
Diosma pauciflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 829 (1839).
Diosma pulchella Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(3): 326 (1775), nom. illeg.
Diosma punctata Licht. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 461 (1819).
Diosma scoparia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 829 (1839).
Diosma spartiifolia Steud. Flora 13: 550 (1830).
Diosma stenophylla Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 785 (1824).
Diosma ternata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 829 (1839).
Hartogia punctata (G.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 101 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agathosma ovata (Thunb.) Pillans	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Barosma angustifolia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Barosma eckloniana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Barosma lanceolata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Barosma ovata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Barosma scoparia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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