Clemence Zimudzi's personal page at the University of Zimbabwe.
Clemence Zimudzi
Associate Professor- Botany
Email : czimudzi@science.uz.ac.zw or czimudzi63@gmail.com
Phone:+263-4-303211
Mobile phone:+263772669975
Physical address:. 630 Churchill Avenue, Harare
Postal address: Biological Sciences Department, P.O. Box Mp 167, Mt Pleasant Harare.
Background
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Zimbabwe, 1993
BSc Hons (Biological Sciences), University of Zimbabwe, 1987.
Teaching
Plant Taxonomy (HBZ2B203)
Introductory Genetics (HBZ107)
Flora of Zimbabwe.(HBZB205)
Publications
Zimudzi, C. 1994. A revision of the genus Curculigo in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Nordic Journ. of Botany 14: 311-314.
Zimudzi, C. 1996. A synopsis of the Hypoxidaceae in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia 16(1): 11-19.
Nordal, I. & Zimudzi, C. 2001. Hypoxidaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-18.
Zimudzi, C. & Pope, G.V. 2001. Hemerocallidaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 99-101.
Nordal, I., Zimudzi, C. & Archer, R.H. 2002.Proposal to reject the name Crinum crassicaule (Amaryllidaceae).Taxon 51:187-188.
Zimudzi, C. 2006. A synopsis of the Amaryllidaceae in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia 18 (2):151-168. ISBN 0451-9930
Zimudzi, C. 2006. Crinum boophanoides-a new record for Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2):169-170. ISBN 0451-9930
Zimudzi, C. & Kativu, S. 2006. The African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea, Hypoxidaceae), identity and status in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2):175-176. ISBN 0451-9930
Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. 2008. Amaryllidaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 97-134. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. ISBN 978 1 84246 190 7
Zimudzi, C. 2008. Phytolacca dodecandra. In Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (ed.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1): Medicinal plants 1: 443-448.Wageningen, Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-5782-204-9/978-3-8236-1531-6
Zimudzi, C. & Bosch, C.H. 2008. Lycopodium clavatum. In Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (ed.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1): Medicinal plants 1: 366-369. Wageningen, Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-5782-204-9/978-3-8236-1531-6
Zimudzi, C. 2008. Piper capense. In Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (ed.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1): Medicinal plants 1: 453-454. Wageningen, Netherlands ISBN 978-90-5782-204-9/978-3-8236-1531-6
Zimudzi, C. 2008. Adenia lobata. In Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (ed.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1): Medicinal plants 1:38-40.Wageningen, Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-5782-204-9/978-3-8236-1531-6
Zimudzi, C. 2005. Rubia cordifolia L. In Jansen, P.C.M. & Cardon, D. (eds).Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 3: Dyes and Tanins 141-143, Wageningen, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5782-159-1
Zimudzi, C. & Cardon, D. 2005. Morinda lucida Benth. In Jansen, P.C. M. & Cardon, D. (eds). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 3: Dyes and tanins, 110-112 Wageningen, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5782-159-1
Zimudzi, C. 1995. The cytology and reproduction of the genus Hypoxis. In:J.H. Seyani & A.C. Chikuni, (eds), Proceedings of the 13th AETFAT Congress, Zomba, Malawi, pp 535-543.
Zimudzi, C. & Polaki, M. 2010. Taxonomic Revision of the Amaryllidaceae in the Flora of Lesotho. In: Xander van der Burgt (ed.) Systematics and Conservation of African Plants: Proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress, Younde, Cameroun, 26 February to 2 march 2007, p101-112. Kew Publishers. ISBN:9781842463888.
Zimudzi, C. L.F.Gwenhure, N.Kunonga, S. Kativu and J. Jere (2012). Phytochemical screening, cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activities of the Zimbabwean endemic plant Phyllanthus serpentinicola Radcl.-Sm. (Phyllanthaceae). Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 2(10):50-53.
Zimudzi, C., Mandebvu, R.S., Kunonga, N. Jere, J., and Kativu, S. (2012). In vitro Antibacterial activity and Phytochemical screening of the Zimbabwean endemic Aloe ortholopha Christian & Milne-Readhead (Aloaceae). International Journal of Science and Technology 2(11):778-782
Zimudzi, C. Msiteli, S., Jere, J., Kativu, S. & Kunonga, N. (2013). Phytochemical, antibacterial and cytotoxic evaluation of Euphorbia memoralis R.A Dyer stem extracts. Journal of Herbal Medicine Vol. 2(2) 36-42.
Zimudzi, C., Rupende, K., Kativu, S. Jere, J. and Kunonga, N.I. (2013). Phytochemical and analgesic activity of root crude extracts of Dicoma niccolifera wild (Asteraceae). Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 3(4): 165-168.
Zimudzi, C. Mapaura, A. Chapano, C. Duri, W. (2013). Woody species composition, structure and diversity of Mazowe Botanical Reserve, Zimbabwe. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 3(6):17-29.
Zimudzi, C. 2013. Use of isoenzymes in the evaluation of reproduction patterns in the taxonomically complex pantropical genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae). Plant Sciences Feed 3 (2): 27-30.
Chapano C, Zimudzi C, Makaka CM and Mapaya RJ. (2013). Species composition and spatial heterogeneity of the seed bank and vegetation in protected and disturbed Miombo woodland at Christon bank, Zimbabwe. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 3(8): 133-149.
Zimudzi, C. 2014. African potato (Hypoxis spp): diversity and comparison of the phytochemical profiles and cytotoxicity evaluation of four Zimbabwean species. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 3(11): 4 (04): 079-083
Mazando S, Zimba M, Zimudzi C, Dumbura S and Gundidza M, 2013. Proposed contribution of Rv1819c an efflux pump (ABC protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis to drug efflux in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Vol.4(2):28-36.
Mazando S, Zimba M, Zimudzi C, Kunonga N and Gundidza, M 2013. Selected purified plant compounds as possible inhibitors of Rv1819c a drug efflux pump (ABC protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Journal of Bioassays 2(12)1571-1579.
Mungenge C, Zimudzi C, Zimba M, Nhiwatiwa T. (2014). Phytochemical Screening, Cytotoxicity and Insecticidal Activity of the Fish Poison Plant Synaptolepis alternifolia Oliv. (Thymelaeaceae). International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research 2 (5): 15-19.
Newton, D., Letsela, T, Lijane, T., Mafatle, N., Manyama, P., Ntloko, B., Ntsohi, R., Paetzold, B, Pires, A., Polaki, M., Raimondo, D., Rouget, M., T’sele, T., Wistebaar, N., Zimudzi, C. 2008. Development of a non-detriment finding process for Pelargonium sidoides in Lesotho. Proceedings of an International Expert Conference on CITES Non-Detriment Findings, Cancun, Mexico, and 17-22 November, 2008.
C.Kahiya and C. Zimudzi, 2015. Phytochemical, antimicrobial and cytotoxic evaluation of Indigofera serpentinicola Schrire root extracts.Bangladesh journal of Pharmacology 10(1):166-172.
Caroline Sango, Lightone Marufu and Clemence Zimudzi. Phytochemical, Anti-nutrients and Toxicity Evaluation of Cleome gynandra and Solanum nigrum: Common Indigenous Vegetables in Zimbabwe British Biotechnology Journal 13(3): 1-11, 2016.
C.Zimudzi and C.Chapano. Diversity, Population Structure, and Above Ground Biomass in Woody Species on Ngomakurira Mountain, Domboshawa, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Biodiversity. Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 4909158, 11 pages
Zimba M and Zimudzi C. Pesticide management practices among rural market gardening farmers near Harare, Zimbabwe. S Afr J Sci. 2016;112(9/10), Art. #2015-0443, 5 pages.
Zimba, M. and Zimudzi, C. 2016. Contribution of urban peri-domestic cultivation of maize to rodent and flea prevalence in high density residential areas in Harare, Zimbabwe. Journal of Applied Science in Africa 22(2):42-51.
Sungai Mazando , Clemence Zimudzi , Moses Zimba , Alex Pym and Peter Mason. 2017. High Rv1819c efflux pump gene expression in persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. Journal of Applied Biosciences 115: 11465-11475
Zimudzi C. & Polaki M.The conservation and threats to an endangered endemic species of aloe Aloe polyphyla Schon.ex.Pillans in Lesotho. 2010. Poster In Xander van der Burgt(ed,) Systematics and Conservation of African Plants:Proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress, Yaounde, Cameroun, February to March 2007.