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077.0000 Family Hydnoraceae C.Agardh; Aphor. Bot. 88 (1821), nom. cons.
2 genera, 14 spp.
Species listed in database: 153
= Hydnoreae R.Br.; Female Fl. Fruit Rafflesia Arnoldi 25 (1844)
= Hydnoroideae Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 513 (1852)
077.0001 Genus Hydnora Thunb.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 36: 69 (1775)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, Yemen. Revision: Hatt et al. (2024)
Species listed in database: 10
= Aphyteia Ach.; Pl. Aphyteia 7 (1776)
species :
Hydnora abyssinica A.Braun; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 217 (1867)
Distribution: C-Nigeria; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; S-Malawi; C-Namibia (Hardap); N-Botswana; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
22 NGA 23 RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW 27 BOT NAM SAF
Remarks: subgen. Dorhyna; Host: Fabaceae (mostly Senegalia, Vachellia)
Synonyms: hidden
= Hydnora abyssinica var. quinquefida Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 386 (1900)
= Hydnora acharii Thunb. ex Hook.f.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 17: 109 (1873)
= Hydnora aethiopica Decne.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873)
= Hydnora angolensis Decne.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873)
= Hydnora bogosensis Becc.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 6 (1871)
= Hydnora gigantea Chiov.; Ric. Idrogeol. Bot. Entomol. Somalia Ital. Merid. [Stefanini & Paoli] 1: 156 (1916)
= Hydnora gigantea var. trimera Chiov.; Ric. Idrogeol. Bot. Entomol. Somalia Ital. Merid. [Stefanini & Paoli] 1: 157 (1916)
= Hydnora johannis Becc.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 5 (1871)
= Hydnora johannis var. gigantea (Chiov.) Vacc.; Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., Sez. 3a, Bot., Ser. 6, 5: 436 (1934)
= Hydnora johannis var. quinquefida (Engl.) Solms-Laub.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.76, Heft 5 (Hydnor.): 7 (1901)
= Hydnora michaelis Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2), Anh. 17 (1932)
= Hydnora ruspolii Chiov.; Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 57 (1917)
species :
Hydnora africana Thunb.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1775: 69 (1775)
Distribution: S-Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Remarks: subgen. Hydnora; Host: Euphorbia spp.
Synonyms: hidden
= Aphyteia africana (Thunb.) Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 801 (1841)
= Aphyteia hydnora Ach.; Pl. Aphyteia 10 (1776)
species :
Hydnora bolinii S.Hatt; Kew Bull. 79: 505 (2024)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; N-Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Hydnora esculenta Jum. & H.Perrier; Rev. Gén. Bot. 24: 327 (1912)
Distribution: S-Madagascar (Toliara)
29 MDG
Remarks: subgen. Neohydnora; Host: Fabaceae (Albizia, Alantsilodendron, Pithecellobium)
species :
Hydnora hanningtonii Rendle; J. Bot. 34: 55 (1896)
Distribution: S-Somalia; SE-Kenya; N-Tanzania; Saudi Arabia (Najran); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Hadramaut)
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 35 OMA SAU YEM
Remarks: subgen. Dorhyna; Host: Fabaceae (mostly Vachellia tortilis)
Synonyms: hidden
= Hydnora arabica Bolin & Musselman; Phytotaxa 338(1): 100 (2018)
= Hydnora cornii Vacc.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 39: 304 (1932)
species :
Hydnora longicollis Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: t. 21 (1869)
Distribution: SW-Angola; W-Namibia (Erongo)
26 ANG 27 NAM
Remarks: subgen. Hydnora; Host: Euphorbia damarana
Synonyms: hidden
= Hydnora africana var. longicollis Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 66 (1869)
species :
Hydnora sinandevu Beentje & Q.Luke; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Hydnor. 5 (2002)
Distribution: Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Saudi Arabia (Jizan)
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 35 SAU
Remarks: subgen. Sineseta; Host: Commiphora (Burseraceae)
species :
Hydnora solmsiana Dinter; Deut. Südw. Afrik. 45 (1909)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; SW-Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
23 ZAI 24 SUD 25 TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Remarks: subgen. Dorhyna; Host: Fabaceae (Faidherbia, Senegalia etc.)
species :
Hydnora triceps Drège & E.Mey.; Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 16(2): 779 (1833)
Distribution: SW-Namibia (Karas); South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Remarks: subgen. Hydnora; Host: Euphorbia dregeana
Synonyms: hidden
= Aphyteia triceps Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 111 (1841)
= Aphyteia multiceps Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 213 (1822)
species :
Hydnora visseri Bolin, E.Maass & Musselman; Syst. Bot. 36(2): 255 (2011)
Distribution: S-Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Remarks: subgen. Hydnora; Host: Euphorbia gummifera
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