Aristolochiaceae
Hydnora

Hydnora abyssinica A.Br.

First published in G.Schweinfurth & auct. suc. (eds.), Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 217 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a holoparasite and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H. & Luke, Q. (2002). Hydnoraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-8.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Beentje, H. & Luke, Q. (2002). Hydnoraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-8.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Braun in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 217 (1867).
  • Baker & C.H. Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 133 (1913).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: photo 541 (1987).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 169 (1895).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 22 (1950).
  • Musselman in Flora Zambesiaca 9(2): 18, t. 7 (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 s. coll. [s.n.] Somalia K003292623 Yes
Welwitsch [s.n.] Angola K000435229 Unknown Type Material Yes
Guy, J. [159891] Zimbabwe K000354835 No
Bayer, W.F. [s.n.] South Africa K000354832 No
Wissel, B., von [s.n.] Eswatini K000354833 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q. [2963] Kenya K001275295 Yes
Biegel, H. [1929] Zimbabwe K000354836 No
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [2775] K000899969 No
Welwitsch [s.n.] South Africa K000354834 No
Burger, W. [2695] Ethiopia Hydnora johannis K:SPC-29047.108 No
Ebba, T. [734] Ethiopia Hydnora johannis K:SPC-32148.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [5119] Saudi Arabia Hydnora johannis K:SPC-49380.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/