Hyobanche
Hyobanche | |
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Hyobanche sanguinea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Tribe: | Buchnereae |
Genus: | Hyobanche L.[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Hyobanche are a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to southern Africa. They are root parasites that cannot perform photosynthesis, and are only observed above ground when flowering.[2]
Species
[edit]Currently accepted species include:
- Hyobanche atropurpurea Bolus
- Hyobanche fulleri E.Phillips
- Hyobanche hanekomii A.Wolfe
- Hyobanche robusta Schönland
- Hyobanche rubra N.E.Br.
- Hyobanche sanguinea L.
- Hyobanche thinophila A.Wolfe
References
[edit]- ^ Mant. Pl. 2: 155 (1771)
- ^ Wolfe, Andrea D. (2017). "Typification of Hyobanche sanguinea (Orobanchaceae) and the identity of Hyobanche calvescens and Hyobanche glabrata". Phytotaxa. 299: 132. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.299.1.12.