Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aptosimum spinescens (Thunb.) Emil Weber [Scrophulariaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
doringviooltjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kankerbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rolvarkie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aptosimum abietinum Burch. ex Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1882 (1836).
Aptosimum laricinum Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 188 (1932).
Aptosimum scaberrimum Schinz Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 185 (1890).
Aptosimum steingroeveri Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 149 (1894).
Ruellia spinescens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 104 (1800).
Aptosimum laricinum var. spinosior Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 188 (1932).
Aptosimum scaberrimum var. glabrum Emil Weber & Schinz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 21(2): 43 (1907).
Aptosimum scaberrimum var. tenuifolium Emil Weber Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 21(2): 43 (1907).
Aptosimum steingroeveri var. glabrum Emil Weber & Schinz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 21(2): 32 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aptosimum abietinum Burch. ex Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aptosimum laricinum Dinter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aptosimum scaberrimum Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aptosimum spinescens (Thumb.) Weber	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Aptosimum spinescens (Thunb.) Emil Weber	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aptosimum spinescens (Thunb.) F.E. Weber	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aptosimum steingroeveri Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ruellia spinescens Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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