Hydnora
Hydnora | |
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Hydnora africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
Genus: | Hydnora Thunb. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Aphyteia Ach. |
Hydnora is a group of parasitic plants described as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.[1][4][5]
- species[1]
- Hydnora abyssinica A.Br. - Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; S + C + SE + E Africa from Eritrea + Sudan to Namibia + KwaZulu-Natal
- Hydnora africana Thunb. - Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
- Hydnora esculenta Jum. & H.Perrier - Madagascar
- Hydnora sinandevu Beentje & Q.Luke - Kenya, Tanzania
- Hydnora triceps Drège & E.Mey. - Northern Cape Province, Namibia
- Hydnora visseri Bolin, E.Maass, & Musselman - Northern Cape Province, Namibia
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1775. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 36: 69, .
- ↑ Tropicos, Hydnora Thunb.
- ↑ Beentje, H. & Luke, Q. (2002). Hydnoraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-8.
- ↑ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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