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Department of Plant Science

Plant population and vegetation dynamics - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Kuete V, Ngameni B, Mbaveng AT, Ngadjui BT, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2010. Evaluation of flavonoids from Dorstenia barteri for their antimycobacterial, antigonorrheal and anti-reverse transcriptase actvities. Acta Tropica, 116, pp 100-104.

Grace OM, Simmonds MSJ, Smith GF, van Wyk AE: 2010. Chemosystematic evaluation of Aloe section Pictae (Asphodelaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 38 (1), pp 57-62, Full Text

Smith GF, Figueiredo E: 2010. E-taxonomy: an affordable tool to fill the biodiversity knowledge gap. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, pp 829-836.

Coetzee JC, van Wyk AE: 2010. Lycoperdaceae-Gasteromycetes. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Bottomley's 'doubtful, unknown and insufficiently described' species of Lycoperdon. Bothalia, 40 (2), pp 172-174, Full Text

Mashau AC, Fish L, van Wyk AE: 2010. Poaceae. Two new species of Helictotrichon (Pooideae: Aveneae) from South Africa. Bothalia, 40 (2), pp 179-183, Full Text

Grobler A, van Wyk AE: 2010. Fabaceae. Taxonomic status of Elephantorrhiza rangei (Mimosoideae). Bothalia, 40 (2), pp 183-184, Full Text

Mashau AC, Fish L, van Wyk AE: 2010. Poaceae. The correct author citation for Helictotrichon (Pooideae: Aveneae). Bothalia, 40 (2), pp 184-185, Full Text

Zietsman PC, Smith GF: 2010. Notes on African plants. Asphodelaceae. Occurrence of Haworthia bolusii var. blackbeardiana in the Free State, South Africa. Bothalia, 40 (1), p. 58, Full Text

Klopper RR, Smith GF: 2010. Notes on African plants. Asphodelaceae: Alooideae. Reinstatement of Aloe spectabilis. Bothalia, 40 (1), pp 91-93, Full Text

Klopper RR, Smith GF: 2010. Notes on African plants. Asphodelaceae: Aloideae. Aloe neicrouchii, a new robust leptaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia, 40 (1), pp 93-96, Full Text

Crouch NR, Beaumont A, Smith GF: 2010. Notes on African plants. Passifloraceae. First description of female flowers of the dioecious Adenia fruticosa subsp. trifoliata. Bothalia, 40 (1), pp 78-81, Full Text

Klopper RR, Bester SP, Smith GF: 2010. Notes on African plants. Pteridophyta. Range extension records from the southern Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia, 40 (1), pp 82-83, Full Text

Smith GF: 2010. Obituary: Santiago Castroviejo (1946-2009). Bothalia, 40, pp 145-146, Full Text

Klopper RR, Zietsman PC, du Preez PJ, Smith GF: 2010. A first record of a South African aloe, Aloe spectabilis, becoming naturalized elsewhere in the country. Bradleya, 28, pp 37-38, Full Text

Klopper RR, Smith GF, Figueiredo E, Crouch NR: 2010. Notes on Agave palmeri Engelm. (Agavaceae) and its allies in the Ditepalae. Bradleya, 28, pp 53-66, Full Text

Figueiredo E, Smith GF: 2010. What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species. Bradleya, 28, pp 79-102, Full Text

Smith GF, Crouch NR: 2010. Aloe nicholsii Gideon F.Sm. & N.R.Crouch (Asphodelaceae): a new leptaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bradleya, 28, pp 103-106, Full Text

Klopper RR, Smith GF: 2010. The genus Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Haseltonia, 16, pp 1-40.

van Rooy J, van Wyk AE: 2010. The bryofloristic regions of southern Africa. Journal of Bryology, 32, pp 80-91, Full Text

Mavundza E, Tshikalange TE, Lall N, Hussein AA, Mudau FN, Meyer JJM: 2010. Antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity effect of flavonoids isolated from athrixia phylicoides. Journal Of Medicinal Plants Research, 4 (23), pp 2584-2587, Full Text

Tshikalange TE, Hussein AA: 2010. Cytotoxicity activity of isolated compounds from Elaeodendron transvaalense ethanol extract. Journal Of Medicinal Plants Research, 4 (16), pp 1695-1697, Full Text

van Rooyen MW, Henstock R, van Rooyen N, van der Merwe H: 2010. Plant diversity of flowering displays on old fields in the arid Namaqua National Park, South Africa. Koedoe, 52 (1), pp 75-81, Full Text

Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW: 2010. Evaluating the adequacy of reserves in the Tembe-Tshanini Complex: a case study in Maputaland, South Africa. Oryx, 44 (3), pp 399-410, Full Text

Momtaz S, Lall N, Hussein AA, Ostad SN, Abdollahi M: 2010. Investigation of the possible biological activities of a poisonous South African plant; Hyaenanchae globosa. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 6 (21) / Jan-March, pp 34-41, Full Text

Smith GF: 2010. Cyphostemma mendesii (Vitaceae), a new species from Angola. Phytotaxa, 7, pp 35-39.

Siebert SJ, Retief E, van Wyk AE, Struwig M: 2010. A new species ofPolygala (Polygalaceae) from ultramafic soil in Sekhukhuneland, South Africa, with notes on its ecology. South African Journal of Botany, 76 (2), pp 345-353.

Kuete V, Metuno R, Keilah PL, Tshikalange TE, Ngadjui BT: 2010. Evaluation of the genusTreculia for antimycobacterial, anti-reverse transcriptase, radical scavenging and antitumor activities. South African Journal of Botany, 76, pp 530-535, Full Text

Figueiredo E, Smith GF: 2010. The colonial legacy in African plant taxonomy. South African Journal of Science, 106 (3/4), pp 4-7, Full Text

Moore G, Smith GF, Figueiredo E, Demissew S, Lewis G, Schrire BD, Rico L, van Wyk AE, Alford M, Ali SA, Ameka GK, Atahuachi M, Bandyopadhyay S, Barker N, Beentje H, Bruneau A, Bytebier B, Chandra V, Chiang F, Craven L, Crisp M, Cunningham A, Dold T, Elizondo MG, Fagg C, Fortuna-Perez AP, Fortunato RH, Freire-Fierro A, Friis I, Garcia FCPP, Glazewski J, Grobler A, Hall M, Herendeen P, Hughes C, Huntley BJ, Kalema J, Kativu S, Klitgaard B, Knees SG, Kwembeya E, Labat J-N, Laksminarasimhen P, Lundrum L, Mackinder B, van der Maesen J, Miller AG, Moll E, Muasya M, Mwachala G, Neale S, Nee MH, Niemela T, Pathak MK, Predeep SV, Sanjappa M, Smith P, Sousa M, Srivastava SK, Stefano RD, Stirton C, Timberlake J, Varma SK, Vorster P, Ward D, Wieringa J, Wojciechowski MF: 2010. Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond. Taxon, 59 (4), pp 1188-1195, Full Text

Figueiredo E, Moore G, Smith GF: 2010. Proposals to eliminate the Latin requirement for the valid publication of plant names. Taxon, 59 (2), pp 659-660, Full Text

Figueiredo E, Moore G, Smith GF: 2010. Latin diagnosis: Time to let go. Taxon, 59 (2), pp 617-620, Full Text

Smith GF, Figueiredo E, Moore G: 2010. Who amends theInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)?. Taxon, 59 (3), pp 930-934, Full Text

Figueiredo E, Moore G, Smith GF: 2010. Latin diagnosis: an unnecessary impediment - a response to Jorgensen. Taxon, 59 (5), pp 1565-1566, Full Text

Chapters in books:

Wesuls D, Strohbach MM, Horn A, Kos Mart, Zimmerman J, Hoffmann J, Geldenhuys C, Dreber N, Kellerman MJS, van Rooyen MW, Poschlod P: 2010. Plant functional traits and types as a tool to analyse landuse impacts on vegetation. In Biodiversity in Southern Africa Vol 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale, (IV.4), Klaus Hess Publishers (Gottingen and Windhoek), pp 222-232.

Schmiedel U, Linke T, Christiaan RA, Falk T, Grongroft A, Haarmeyer DH, Hanke W, Henstock R, Hoffman MT, Kunz N, Labitzky T, Luther-Mosebach J, Lutsch N, Meyer S, Petersen A, Rower IU, van der Merwe H, van Rooyen MW, Vollan B, Weber B: 2010. Environmental and socio-economic patterns and processes in the sucfulent karoo-frame conditions for the management of this biodiversity hotspot. In Biodiversity in Southern Africa Vol 3: Implications for land use and management, (III.5.6), Klaus Hess Publishers (Gottingen and Windhoek), pp 110-150.

 

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