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    Hydnora is a group of parasitic plants described as a genus in 1775. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. Hydnora pollinates...
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    Hydnora africana is an achlorophyllous plant in the subfamily Hydnoroideae, native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the...
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    Hydnora visseri, the Visser's hydnora, is a subterranean holoparasitic plant, lacking leaves and roots, and is described from southwestern Namibia and...
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    (Aristolochiales). Eight genera are accepted – Aristolochia, Asarum, Euglypha, Hydnora, Lactoris, Prosopanche, Saruma, and Thottea. Four assemblages can be distinguished...
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    Namibia, 2000 Hydnora johannis in flower in Um Barona, Wad Medani, Sudan Flowers of Hydnora triceps in Namaqualand, South Africa, 1999 Hydnora triceps, freshly...
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    Hydnora triceps is a holoparasitic flowering plant native to Africa that grows on the roots of Euphorbia dregeana. Completely lacking in chlorophyll,...
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  • Genus Hydnora Hydnora abyssinica A.Br. indigenous Hydnora africana Thunb. indigenous Hydnora johannis Becc. var. johannis accepted as Hydnora abyssinica...
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    into its mouth. It is large enough to crawl out of the trap of the plant, Hydnora africana, unlike smaller beetles which remain trapped for several days...
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    californica, A. grandiflora, A. microstoma, A. salvadorensis, A. littoralis Hydnora Asparagaceae Eucomis bicolor Balanophoraceae Sarcophyte sanguinea subsp...
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    'Gaya' Honeydew melon Cucumis melo var. inodorus Hydnora abyssinica Hydnora abyssinica Jackal food Hydnora africana Jícara Crescentia cujete Kajari melon...
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    any plant, up to 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) in diameter. The parasitic genera Hydnora and Prosopanche are the only flowering plants with no evidence of leaves...
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    obligate so only two terms are needed, e.g. Dodder is a stem holoparasite. Hydnora spp. are root holoparasites. Plants usually considered holoparasites include...
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  • africana, a plant species found in Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Angola Hydnora africana, an achlorophyllous plant native to southern Africa parasitic...
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    1978 Frank K. Horwood: Two parasites of Euphorbia: Viscum minimum and Hydnora africana, The Euphorbia Journal, Vol 1: 45-48, 1983 Massive gene loss in...
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    dissertation titled, Planta Aphyteia, was on a vascular plant species (Hydnora) collected in Southern Africa by Carl Peter Thunberg, which Linnaeus incorrectly...
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    Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plant Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae)". Genome Biology and Evolution. 8 (2): 345–63. doi:10...
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