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• Boophone_disticha abstract "Boophone disticha is a poisonous bulbous tropical and subtropical flowering plant, endemic to Africa. Its common names are gifbol, tumbleweed, veld fan, and windball. The type specimen was collected in 1781 from South Africa by Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg and described by Linnaeus as Amaryllis disticha. Since that time it has been placed in the genera Brunsvigia and Haemanthus, finally coming to rest as Boophone. The genus itself was written in three ways (Boophone, Boophane and Buphane) by the author William Herbert, straining the procedures of the rules of nomenclature. The etymology of the genus is from the Greek 'bous' = ox, and 'phontes'= killer of, a clear warning that eating the plant is fatal to stock.The genus as understood at the moment, includes two or possibly three species. B. disticha is one of the most widely distributed bulbous species in South Africa, readily identified by its fan-like appearance and its bulb half-protruding from the ground. The Hottentots, Bushmen and Bantu were aware of its poisonous nature and used parts of the plant medicinally and as an arrow poison. The principal compounds are eugenol - an aromatic, volatile oil smelling of cloves and having analgesic properties, and the toxic alkaloids buphandrin, crinamidine and buphanine, the latter having an effect akin to that of scopolamine and if taken in quantity may lead to agitation, hallucination and coma.This species produces a single inflorescence before the arrival of the season's new leaves. While maturing the fruiting head's pedicels undergo a stiffening process and remarkable elongation to some 300mm. When the fruiting head separates at its junction with the stalk, it is easily moved by light breezes, scattering seeds as it rolls.".
• Boophone_disticha binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus_the_Younger.
• Boophone_disticha class Monocotyledon.
• Boophone_disticha division Flowering_plant.
• Boophone_disticha family Amaryllidaceae.
• Boophone_disticha family Amaryllidoideae.
• Boophone_disticha genus Boophone.
• Boophone_disticha kingdom Plant.
• Boophone_disticha order Asparagales.
• Boophone_disticha synonym "* Amaryllis disticha (L.f.) (basionym)".
• Boophone_disticha synonym "* Boophone toxicaria (L.f.) Herb.)".
• Boophone_disticha thumbnail Boophone_disticha07.jpg?width=300.
• Boophone_disticha wikiPageID "33701207".
• Boophone_disticha wikiPageRevisionID "546256376".
• Boophone_disticha align "left".
• Boophone_disticha binomial "Boophone disticha".
• Boophone_disticha binomialAuthority "Herb.".
• Boophone_disticha caption "Flowerhead with larvae of Diaphone eumela".
• Boophone_disticha caption "Fruiting head".
• Boophone_disticha direction "horizontal".
• Boophone_disticha familia Amaryllidaceae.
• Boophone_disticha genus "Boophone".
• Boophone_disticha hasPhotoCollection Boophone_disticha.
• Boophone_disticha image "Boophone disticha.jpg".
• Boophone_disticha image "Boophone disticha02.jpg".
• Boophone_disticha image "Boophone disticha03.jpg".
• Boophone_disticha image2Caption "Boophone disticha".
• Boophone_disticha image2Caption "Inflorescence of".
• Boophone_disticha imageCaption "Habitat".
• Boophone_disticha ordo Asparagales.
• Boophone_disticha regnum "Plantae".
• Boophone_disticha species "B. disticha".
• Boophone_disticha subfamilia Amaryllidoideae.
• Boophone_disticha synonyms "* Amaryllis disticha (L.f.) * Boophone toxicaria ( Herb.)".
• Boophone_disticha unrankedClassis Monocotyledon.
• Boophone_disticha unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
• Boophone_disticha width "310".
• Boophone_disticha width "435".
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Angola.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Botswana.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Burundi.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Kenya.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Lesotho.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Malawi.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Mozambique.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Namibia.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Rwanda.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_South_Africa.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Swaziland.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Tanzania.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Uganda.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Zambia.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_Zimbabwe.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Flora_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
• Boophone_disticha subject Category:Plants_described_in_1781.
• Boophone_disticha type LivingThing100004258.
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• Boophone_disticha type PhysicalEntity100001930.
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• Boophone_disticha type PlantsDescribedIn1781.
• Boophone_disticha type Whole100003553.
• Boophone_disticha type Eukaryote.
• Boophone_disticha type Plant.
• Boophone_disticha type Species.
• Boophone_disticha type Organism.
• Boophone_disticha comment "Boophone disticha is a poisonous bulbous tropical and subtropical flowering plant, endemic to Africa. Its common names are gifbol, tumbleweed, veld fan, and windball. The type specimen was collected in 1781 from South Africa by Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg and described by Linnaeus as Amaryllis disticha. Since that time it has been placed in the genera Brunsvigia and Haemanthus, finally coming to rest as Boophone.".
• Boophone_disticha label "Boophone disticha".
• Boophone_disticha label "Boophone disticha".
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• Boophone_disticha wasDerivedFrom Boophone_disticha?oldid=546256376.
• Boophone_disticha depiction Boophone_disticha07.jpg.
• Boophone_disticha isPrimaryTopicOf Boophone_disticha.