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'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with 3 species. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[southern Africa]]. The genus name means "bears foot" but it was used in Khoi-San medicine and adopted by the early settlers who used the Afrikaans name of ''sieketroos''.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009|title=Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)|journal=South African Journal of Botany|volume=73|pages=159–162|year=2007|last1=Magee|first1=A.R|last2=Van Wyk|first2=B.-E|last3=Van Vuuren|first3=S.F}}</ref> They are atypical members of the Apiaceae with the leaves growing flat on the ground and are [[Dioecy|dioecious]], having separate male and female plants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Magee|first=Anthony R.|last2=van Wyk|first2=Ben-Erik|last3=Tilney|first3=Patricia M.|last4=van der Bank|first4=Michelle|date=2008|title=A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae) |
'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with 3 species. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[southern Africa]]. The genus name means "bears foot" but it was used in Khoi-San medicine and adopted by the early settlers who used the Afrikaans name of ''sieketroos''.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009|title=Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)|journal=South African Journal of Botany|volume=73|pages=159–162|year=2007|last1=Magee|first1=A.R|last2=Van Wyk|first2=B.-E|last3=Van Vuuren|first3=S.F}}</ref> They are atypical members of the Apiaceae with the leaves growing flat on the ground and are [[Dioecy|dioecious]], having separate male and female plants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Magee|first=Anthony R.|last2=van Wyk|first2=Ben-Erik|last3=Tilney|first3=Patricia M.|last4=van der Bank|first4=Michelle|date=2008|title=A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae)|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|volume=95|issue=3|pages=471–486|jstor=25488206|doi=10.3417/2005174}}</ref> |
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Arctopus is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 3 species. It is endemic to southern Africa. The genus name means "bears foot" but it was used in Khoi-San medicine and adopted by the early settlers who used the Afrikaans name of sieketroos.[1] They are atypical members of the Apiaceae with the leaves growing flat on the ground and are dioecious, having separate male and female plants.[2]
References
- ^ Magee, A.R; Van Wyk, B.-E; Van Vuuren, S.F (2007). "Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)". South African Journal of Botany. 73: 159–162. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009.
- ^ Magee, Anthony R.; van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Tilney, Patricia M.; van der Bank, Michelle (2008). "A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 95 (3): 471–486. doi:10.3417/2005174. JSTOR 25488206.
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