Species of flowering plants comprising parasitic members completely devoid of chlorophyll
Hydnora visseri
Flower of Hydnora visseri.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Magnoliids
Order:
Piperales
Family:
Aristolochiaceae
Subfamily:
Hydnoroideae
Genus:
Hydnora
Species:
H. visseri
Binomial name
Hydnora visseri
Bolin, E.Maass, & Musselman[2]
Hydnora visseri, the Visser's hydnora, is a subterranean holoparasitic plant, lacking leaves and roots, and is described from southwestern Namibia and northwestern South Africa and has the longest tepal lobes of all Hydnora species. The genus Hydnora is composed entirely of holoparasitic plants that attach to the root of their hosts and are restricted to Africa and southwestern Asia.
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Hydnoravisseri, has been determined. As compared to the chloroplast genome of its closest photosynthetic relatives, the plastome of Hydnoravisseri shows...
Hydnoravisseri, has been determined. As compared to the chloroplast genome of its closest photosynthetic relatives, the plastome of Hydnoravisseri shows...
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