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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.

Takundwa M, Chimwamurombe PM, Kunert KJ, Cullis CA: 2010. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite repeats in Marama bean (Tylosema esculentum). African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5 (7), pp 561-566, Full Text

Ramalema SP, Shimelis H, Ncube I, Kunert KJ, Mashela PW: 2010. Genetic analysis among selected vernonia lines through seed oil content, fatty acids and RAPD DNA markers. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9 (2), pp 117-122, Full Text

Kiggundu A, Muchwezi J, van der Vyver C, Viljoen A, Vorster BJ, Schlüter U, Kunert KJ, Michaud D: 2010. Deleterious effects of plant cystatins against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 73 (2), pp 87-105, Full Text

Kiggundu A, Kunert KJ, Michaud D, Viljoen A, Tushemereirwe W, Karamura E: 2010. Digestive proteolysis in the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidis) gut and the effects of recombinant phytocystatins on early larval growth and development. Aspects of Applied Biology 96, 96, pp 79-89.

Talengera D, Beemster GTS, Fabio F, Inze D, Kunert KJ, Tushemereirwe W: 2010. Transformation of banana (Musa spp.) with a D-type cylin gene fromarabidopsis thaliana (ArathCYCD2;1). Aspects of Applied Biology 96, 96, pp 45-53.

Munger M, Goulet C, Vaillancourt L-P, Schlüter U, Kiggundu A, Goulet M-C, Kunert KJ, Coenen K, Michaud D: 2010. Constitutive expression of endogenous defense proteins in transgenic potato lines expressing the Cys protease inhibitor corn cystatin II. Aspects of Applied Biology 96, 96, pp 157-164.

Gebre E, Schlüter U, Kunert KJ: 2010. Controlling plant height in Tef (Eragrostis tef) for lodging resistance. Aspects of Applied Biology 96, 96, pp 61-67.

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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.

Robbertse PJ, Grobbelaar N, du Toit ES: 2010. Origin of the coleorhiza in cycad seedlings and its structural homology with that of the poaceae. Botanical Review, 77 (1), pp 1-10.

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

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Rodriguez JP, Rodriguez-Clark KM, Baillie JEM, Ash N, Benson J, Boucher T, Brown C, Burgess ND, Collen B, Jennings M, Keith DA, Nicholson E, Revenga C, Reyers B, Rouget M, Smith T, Spalding M, Taber A, Walpole M, Zager I, Zamin T: 2010. Establishing IUCN red list criteria for threatened ecosystems. Conservation Biology, 25 (1), pp 21-29.

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Legay G, Marouf E, Berger DK, Neuhaus J, Mauch-Mani B, Slaughter A: 2010. Identification of genes expressed during the compatible interaction of grapevine with Plasmopara viticola through suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). European Journal of Plant Pathology, 129 (129), pp 281-301.

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

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Grootboom A, Mkhonza NL, O, Kennedy MM, Chakauya E, Kunert KJ, Chikwamba R: 2010. Biolistic Mediated Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Transformation via Mannose and Bialaphos Based Selection Systems. International Journal of Botany, 6 (2), pp 89-94, Full Text

Momtaz S, Abdollahi M: 2010. An update on pharmacology of Satureja species; from antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetes and anti-hyperlipidemic to reproductive stimulatio. International Journal of Pharmacology, 6 (4), pp 454-461.

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Demirevska K, Simova-Stoilova L, Fedina I, Georgieva K, Kunert KJ: 2010. Response of Oryzacystatin I Transformed Tobacco Plants to Drought, Heat and Light Stress. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 196, pp 90-99.

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

Schluter U, Benchabane M, Munger A, Kiggundu A, Vorster BJ, Goulet M, Cloutier C, Michaud D: 2010. Recombinant protease inhibitors for herbivore pest control: A multitrophic perspective. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61 (15), pp 4169-4183.

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

Takundwa M, Nepolo E, Chimwamurombe PM, Cullis AC, Kandawa-Schulz MA, Kunert KJ: 2010. Development and use of microsatellites markers for genetic variantion analysis, in the Namibian germplasm, both within and between populations of marama bean (Tylosema esculentum). Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 2 (8) / August, pp 233-242, Full Text

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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

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Yelani T, Hussein AA, Meyer JJM: 2010. Isolation and identification of poisonous triterpenoids fromElaeodendron croceum. Natural Product Research, 24 (15) / Sept, pp 1418-1425, Full Text

Prinsloo G, Meyer JJM, Hussein AA, Munoz E, Sanchez R: 2010. A cardiac glucoside within vitro anti-HIV activity isolated fromElaeodendron croceum. Natural Product Research, 24 (18), pp 1743-1746.

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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

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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.

Coetzer N, Gazendam I, Oelofse D, Berger DK: 2010. SSHscreen and SSHdb, generic software for microarray based gene discovery: application to the stress response in cowpea. Plant Methods, 6 (10), pp 1-20, Full Text

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Vorster BJ, Michaud D, Kiggundu A, Kunert KJ: 2010. Crop damage. Quest, 6 (3), pp 30-32.

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Klopper R, van Wyk AE, Smith GF: 2010. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Asphodelaceae (Asparagales). Schumannia 6 - Biodiversity & Ecology, 3, pp 9-36.

Kuete V, Tabopda TK, Ngameni B, Nana F, Tshikalange TE, Ngadjui BT: 2010. Antimycobacterial, antibacterial and antifungal activities of Teminalia superba(Combretaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 76, pp 125-131, Full Text

Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW: 2010. Woody vegetation structure in conserved versus communal land in a biodiversity hotspot: A case study in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 76, pp 289-298, Full Text

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.

Solomon OL, Berger DK, Myburg AA: 2010. Diurnal and circadian patterns of gene expression in the developing xylem of Eucalyptus trees. South African Journal of Botany, 76, pp 425-439, Full Text

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

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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. Latin diagnosis: Time to let go. Taxon, 59 (2), pp 617-620, 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

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

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Stoffberg GH, van Rooyen MW, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT: 2010. Carbon sequestration estimates of indigenous street trees in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 9, pp 9-14.

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