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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
L.[1]
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:

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.