Hydnora

Hydnora
Hydnora africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Hydnoraceae
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]
  1. Hydnora abyssinica A.Br. - Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; S + C + SE + E Africa from Eritrea + Sudan to Namibia + KwaZulu-Natal
  2. Hydnora africana Thunb. - Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
  3. Hydnora esculenta Jum. & H.Perrier - Madagascar
  4. Hydnora sinandevu Beentje & Q.Luke - Kenya, Tanzania
  5. Hydnora triceps Drège & E.Mey. - Cape Province
  6. Hydnora visseri Bolin - Cape Province, Namibia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1775. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 36: 69
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Hydnora Thunb.
  4. ↑ Beentje, H. & Luke, Q. (2002). Hydnoraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-8.
  5. ↑ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.