Hyobanche
Hyobanche sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Buchnereae
Genus: Hyobanche
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Species

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Synonyms
  • Haematobanche C.Presl

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

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

  1. Mant. Pl. 2: 155 (1771)
  2. 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.
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