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{{About|the plant|the band|Behold...The Arctopus}} |
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|image_caption = ''[[Arctopus echinatus]]'', native plant in Goegap N.R., South Africa |
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|regnum = [[Plantae]] |
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |
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|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |
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|ordo = [[Apiales]] |
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|familia = [[Apiaceae]] |
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|genus = '''''Arctopus''''' |
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*''[[Arctopus dregei]]'' <small>Sond.</small> |
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*''[[Arctopus echinatus]]'' <small>L.</small> |
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*''[[Arctopus monacanthus]]'' <small>Carmich. ex Sond.</small> |
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'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with |
'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with three species. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[southern Africa]]. The genus name means "bears foot" (from {{wikt-lang|grc|ἄρκτος}} {{grc-tr|ἄρκτος}} "bear" and {{wikt-lang|grc|πούς}} ''pous'' "foot") in reference to the curious growth habit, resembling a large footprint. The species were used in [[Khoisan]] medicine and adopted by the early settlers who gave them the Afrikaans name of ''sieketroos'' (= "sickness-comfort" i.e. "sickness remedy")<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|doi-access=free}}</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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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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<gallery>File:Black bear (Ursus americanus) track at the Hidden Lakes of the Pasayten Wilderness..jpg|Paw print of a bear, showing similarity to curious outline of Arctopus foliage - whence genus name</gallery> |
<gallery>File:Black bear (Ursus americanus) track at the Hidden Lakes of the Pasayten Wilderness..jpg|Paw print of a bear, showing similarity to curious outline of ''Arctopus'' foliage - whence genus name</gallery> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 17:55, 23 December 2022
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| Arctopus echinatus, native plant in Goegap N.R., South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Saniculeae |
| Genus: | Arctopus L. |
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Arctopus is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with three species. It is endemic to southern Africa. The genus name means "bears foot" (from ἄρκτος árktos "bear" and πούς pous "foot") in reference to the curious growth habit, resembling a large footprint. The species were used in Khoisan medicine and adopted by the early settlers who gave them the Afrikaans name of sieketroos (= "sickness-comfort" i.e. "sickness remedy")[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]
Gallery
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Paw print of a bear, showing similarity to curious outline of Arctopus foliage - whence genus name
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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