Department of Science: Publications 2013

1. van Rooyen MW, van Rooyen N, Stoffberg G (2013). Carbon sequestration potential of post-mining reforestation activities on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, . FORESTRY, 86 pp. 211 – 223.

2. Stanton SL, Meyer JJM, van der Merwe CF (2013). An evaluation of the endophytic colonies present in pathogenic and non-pathogenic using electron microscopy. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 86 January: pp. 41 – 45.

3. Masangwa JIG, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q (2013). Screening of plant extracts for antifungal activities against Colletotrichum species of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) . JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, 151 pp. 482 - 491

4. Smith GF, Crouch N, Condy G (2013). Crassula smithii. Crassulaceae. Flowering of Africa (The Flowering Plants of South Africa), 63 pp. 38 – 43.

5. Figueiredo E, Paiva J, Smith GF (2013). Typification of two Linnaean names in Polygala (Polygalaceae): P. bracteolata and P. myrtifolia. TAXON, 62 (4), pp. 807 – 808.

6. Yahara T, Javadi F, Onoda Y, Paganucci de Queiroz L, Faith D, Prado D, Akasaka M, Kadoya T, Ishihama F, Davies S, Slik J, Yi T, Ma K, Bin C, Smith GF (2013). Global legume diversity assessment: Concepts, key indicators, and strategies. TAXON, 62 (2), April: pp. 249 – 266.

7. Grace O, Klopper RR, Smith GF, Crouch N, Figueiredo E, Ronsted N, van Wyk AE (2013). A revised generic classification for (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. ). Phytotaxa, 76 (1), pp. 7 – 14.

8. Figueiredo E, Smith GF, Nyffeler R (2013). August Wulfhorst (1861-1936) and his overlooked contributions on the flora of . CANDOLLEA, 68 pp. 123 – 131.

9. Smith GF, Figueiredo E (2013). Type specimens online: What is available, what is not, and how to proceed; Reflections based on an analysis of the images of type specimens of southern African Polygala (Polygalaceae) accessible on the worldwide web. TAXON, 62 (4), August: pp. 801 – 806.

10. Smith GF, Figueiredo E (2013). Notes on the nomenclature of species of L. (Agavaceae/ ) grown in and described from European gardens and nurseries. Bradleya, 31 pp. 53 – 57.

11. Smith GF, Figueiredo E (2013). The family Crassulaceae in continental Portugal. Bradleya, 31 pp. 76 – 88.

12. Smith GF, Figueiredo E (2013). Names associated with Aloe speciosa Baker (), a common species in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Bradleya, 31 pp. 139 - 141.

13. Klopper RR, Smith GF, van Wyk AE (2013). The correct name for Aloe plicatilis, the fan aloe, in the genus Kumara (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), again. Bradleya, 31 pp. 157 – 158.

14. Smith GF, Klopper RR, Figueiredo E, Crouch N, Barkworth M (2013). A note on four historical names recorded in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae). Bradleya, 31 pp. 128 – 132.

15. Cordova C, Chase B, Smith GF (2013). Comment on "Burrough, S.E., Breman, E., and Dodd, C., 2012. Can phytoliths provide an insight into past vegetation of the Middle Kalahari paleolakes during the late Quaternary? Journal of Arid Environments 82, 156-164". JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 92 pp. 113 – 116.

16. Crouch N, Smith GF, Condy G (2013). Gasteria croucheri subsp. pondoensis Asphodelaceae. Flowering Plants of Africa (The Flowering Plants of South Africa), 63 pp. 22 – 30.

17. Figueiredo E, Paiva J, Smith GF (2013). The reinstatement of Polygala affinis and the identity of Polygala scabra. BOTHALIA, 43 (2), pp. 216 – 218.

18. Ellithey M, Lall N, Hussein A, Meyer D (2013). Cytotoxic, Cytostatic and HIV-1 PR Inhibitory Activities of the Soft Coral Litophyton arboreum . Marine Drugs, 11 pp. 4917 – 4936.

19. Phephu N, van Rooy J, van Wyk AE (2013). New combinations and a key to the species of Pelekium (Thuidiaceae) in sub-Saharan Africa and the East African Islands. Phytotaxa, 84 (2), pp. 60 - 64

20. van Elst D, van Wyk AE, Schultz A, Prinsen E (2013). Production of toxic pavettamine and vavettamine conjugates in the gousiekte-causing homblei plant and its relation to the bacterial endosymbiont. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 85 pp. 92 – 98.

21. van Elst D, Nuyens S, van Wyk AE, Verstraete B, Dessein S, Prinsen E (2013). Distribution of the cardiotoxin pavettamine in the coffee family () and its significance for gousiekte, a fatal poisoning of . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 67 pp. 15 – 19.

22. Klopper RR, Smith GF, Figueiredo E, Grace O, van Wyk AE (2013). The correct names for species of Aloe sect. Chortolirion (Asphodelaeae: Alooideae) . TAXON, 62 (6), December: pp. 1266 – 1267.

23. Mashau AC, Fish L, van Wyk AE (2013). Poaceae. Taxonomic significance of epidermal structure in southern African members of Helictotrichon. BOTHALIA, 43 (1), pp. 70 – 75.

24. van Jaarsveld E, van Wyk AE, Visagie M (2013). Plumbago pearsonii (Plate 2292) (Plumgaginaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa (The Flowering Plants of South Africa), 63 pp. 78 – 82.

25. van Jaarsveld E, van Wyk AE, Visagie M (2013). Plumbago wissii (Plate 2293) (Plumbaginaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa (The Flowering Plants of South Africa), 63 pp. 84 – 88.

26. Siebert S, Retief E, van Wyk AE (2013). A new species of (Rubiaceae) from South Africa . NOVON, 22 (4), pp. 473 – 477.

27. Swanepoel W (2013). Euphorbia otjipembana subsp. Okakoraensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new subspecies from the Kaokoveld, Namibia, with an amplified description of Euphorbia otjiipembana . Phytotaxa, 117 (2), pp. 51 – 57.

28. Roux JP (2013). The fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) in Ascension and Saint Helena islands, Atlantic Ocean. Phytotaxa, 118 (2), pp. 43 – 55.

29. Jordaan M (2013). FSA contributions 21: Connaraceae . BOTHALIA, 43 (1), pp. 101 – 108.

30. Swanepoel W (2013). Sapindaceae: Zanha africana, a new distribution record for Namibia. BOTHALIA, 43 (1), pp. 89 – 90.

31. Gebre E, Gugsa L, Schluter U, Kunert KJ (2013). Transformation of tef (Eragrostis tef) by Agrobacterium through immature embryo regeneration system for inducing semi-dwarfism. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 87 pp. 9 – 17.

32. Sharma R, Kishore N, Hussein AA, Lall N (2013). Antibacterial and anti- inflammatory effects of Syzygium jambos L. (Alston) and isolated compounds on acne vulgaris. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 13 (292), pp. 1 – 10.

33. van der Linden LE, Bredenkamp J, Naidoo S, Fouché-Weich J, Denby K, Genin S, Marco Y, Berger DK (2013). Gene-for-Gene Tolerance to Bacterial Wilt in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 26 (4), pp. 398 – 406.

34. Greve M, Reyers B, Lykke A, Svenning J (2013). Spatial optimization of carbon- stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility. Nature Communications, 4 (2975), Dec: pp. 1 – 8.

35. Komori A, Suzuki M, Seki H, Nishizawa T, Meyer JJM, Shimizu H, Yokoyama S, Muranaka T (2013). Comparative functional analysis of CYP71V1 natural variants reveals an important residue for the successive oxidation of amorpha-4, 11 -diene. FEBS LETTERS, 587 pp. 278 – 284.

36. Tshisikhawe M, van Rooyen MW, Gaugris JY (2013). Is the present Brackenridgea nature Reserve large enough to ensure the survival of Brackenridgea zanguebarica Oliv.?. KOEDOE, 55 (1), pp. 1 – 5.

37. Karkare S, Chung T, Collin F, Mitchenall L, McKay A, Greive S, Meyer JJM, Lall N, Maxwell A (2013). The Naphthoquinone Diospyrin is an inhibitor of DNA Gyrase with novel mechanism of action. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 288 (7), pp. 5149 – 5156.

38. Kishore N, Mishra B, Tiwari V, Tripathi V, Lall N (2013). Natural products as leads to potential mosquitocides. PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS, online pp. 1 - 41

39. Truc L, Chevalier M, Favier C, Cheddadi R, Meadows M, Scott L, Carr A, Smith GF, Chase B (2013). Quantification of climate change for the last 20,000 years from Wonderkrater, South Africa: Implications for the long-term dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 386 pp. 575 – 587.

40. Crouch N, Smith GF, Figueiredo E (2013). From the checklists to an e-flora for southern Africa: past experiences and future prospects for meeting target 1 of the 2020 global strategy for plant conservation. ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, 99 December: pp. 153 – 160.

41. Figueiredo E, Smith GF, Paiva J (2013). A checklist of Polygala (Polygalaceae) in the Flora of Southern Africa region with notes on types. Phytotaxa, 155 (1), pp. 1 – 22.

42. Fouotsa H, Mbaveng A, Mbazoa C, Nkengfack A, Farzana S, Iqbal C, Meyer JJM, Lall N, Kuete V (2013). Antibacterial constituents of three Cameroonian medicinal plants: Garcinia nobilis, Oricia suaveolens and Balsamocitrus camerunensis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 13 (81), pp. 1 – 10.

43. Namuddu A, Kiggundu A, Mukasa S, Kunert KJ, Karamura E, Tushemereirwe W (2013). Agrobacterium mediated transformation of banana (Musa sp.) cv. Sukali Ndiizi (ABB) with a modified Carica papaya cystatin (CpCYS) gene. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, 12 (15), pp. 1811 – 1819.

44. Paiva J, Figueiredo E, Smith GF (2013). Polygala retiefiana (Polygalaceae), a new species described from South Africa. Phytotaxa, 117 (1), pp. 30 – 34.

45. Vorster BJ, Schluter U, du Plessis M, Makgopa ME, Ncube I, Quain M, Kunert KJ, Foyer C, van Wyk SG (2013). The Cysteine Protease-Cysteine Protease Inhibitor System Explored in Soybean Nodule Development. Agronomy, 3 pp. 550 – 570.

46. Pysek P, Hulme P, Meyerson L, Smith GF, Boatwright J, Crouch N, Figueiredo E, Foxcroft L, Jarosik V, Richardson D, Suda J, Wilson J (2013). Hitting the right target: taxonomic challenges for, and of, plant invasions AoB Plants, 5 September: pp. 1 – 55.

47. Klopper RR, Smith GF, van Wyk AE (2013). Proposal to conserve the family name Asphodelaceae (Spermatophyta: magnoliidae: ) . TAXON, 62 (2), pp. 402 – 403.

48. Klopper RR, Smith GF, van Wyk AE (2013). Proposal to conserve the name Kumara (Asphodelaceae) with a conserved type . TAXON, 62 (3), June: pp. 629 – 630.

49. Klopper RR, Smith GF, van Wyk AE (2013). Correspondance. The correct name of Aloe plicatilis in Kumara (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae) . Phytotaxa, 115 (2), pp. 59 – 60.

50. Halilu M, October N, Balogun MO, Lall N, Abubakar M (2013). Studies of In vitro Antioxidant and Cytotoxic activities of extracts and isolated compounds from Parinari curatellifolia (Chrysobalanaceae). Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 3 (13), pp. 149 – 154.

51. Labuschagne A, Lall N, Mphahlele M (2013). Evaluation of structurally related 3- substituted 4-Amino-2-arylquinolines and 2-Aryl-4-methoxyquinolines for potential antimycrobial activity. The International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 3 (2:1), pp. 1 – 12.

52. Lall N, Henley-Smith CJ, de Canha MN, Oosthuizen CB, Berrington D (2013). Viability reagent, PrestoBlue, in comparison with other available reagents, utilized in cytotoxicity and antimicrobial assays. International Journal of Microbiology, online pp. 1 – 5.

53. Greve M (2013). Tree-grass ratios in savannas - challenging paradigms. Frontiers of Biogeography, 5 (3), pp. 168 – 170.

54. Figueiredo E, Smith GF (2013). Proposal to conserve the name Littaea geminiflora (Agave geminiflora) against Yucca boscii (Agavaceae/Asparagaceae) . TAXON, 62 (5), October: pp. 1062 – 1062.

55. Figueiredo E, Smith GF (2013). Proposal to conserve the name Agave xleopoldii W. Watson against A. leopoldii Rafarin (Agavaceae/Asparagaceae). TAXON, 62 (5), October: pp. 1061 – 1061.

56. Marhold K, Stuessy T, Agababian M, Agosti D, Crespo A, Crisci J, Alford M, Dorr L, Ferencova Z, Frodin D, Geltman D, Kilian N, Linder H, Smith GF (2013). The future of Botanical Monograph: Report from an international workshop, 12-16 March 2012, Smolenice, Slovak Republic . TAXON, 62 (1), February: pp. 4 – 20.

57. Stutzer C, van Zyl WA, Olivier NA, Richards SA, Maritz Olivier C (2013). Gene expression profiling of adult female tissues in feeding Rhipicephalus microplus cattle ticks. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 43 pp. 541 – 554.

58. Naidoo R, Ferreira L, Berger DK, Myburg AA, Naidoo S (2013) The identification and differential expression of Eucalyptus grandis pathogenesis-related genes in response to salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate. Frontiers in Plant Science 4:43.