Hydnoraceae
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Hydnoraceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by most taxonomists.
The APG II system, of 2003, also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids. This represents a change from the APG system, of 1998, which left the family unplaced as to order, and merely assigned the family to the basic lineages of the angiosperms.
The family consists of two genera, with not all that many species of very strange plants, full parasites.
[edit] External links
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- Hydnoraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Hydnoraceae: distribution map, pictures
- close-up of flower of Hydnora africana
- close-up of flower of Hydnora johannis
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
