Global InformationThonningia information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Balanophoraceae |
| Genus: | Thonningia Vahl |
| Species: | T. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Thonningia sanguinea Vahl
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| Synonyms | |
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Thonningia coccinea | |
Thonningia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Balanophoraceae containing the single species Thonningia sanguinea.[1][2] It is distributed throughout much of southern and western Africa, particularly the tropical regions.[2][3] Common names for the plant include ground pineapple.[3][4] A familiar plant to humans, it has an extremely long list of common names in many African languages. Many names are inspired by the resemblance of the plant's inflorescence to a pineapple or palm tree.[5] Some of the names can be translated as pineapple of the bush (from Anyi), duiker's kolanut (from Igala), and crown of the ground (from Yoruba).[4]
- ^ Nickrent, D. Parasitic Plant Classification. The Parasitic Plant Connection. Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
- ^ a b Leistner, O. A. (2005). Balanophoraceae. Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Seed Plants of Southern Tropical Africa: Families and Genera. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 26. pg 103.
- ^ a b Seidemann, Johannes (2005). "Thonningia Vahl – Balanophoraceae". World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p. 364. ISBN 978-3-540-22279-8.
- ^ a b Burkill, H. M. (1985). Thonningia sanguinea. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Neuwinger, Hans Dieter (1996). "Thonningia sanguinea Vahl". African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs; Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology. CRC Press. pp. 249–51. ISBN 978-3-8261-0077-2.