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| A '''resurrection plant''' is any ] plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. | |||
| A '''resurrection plant''' is any ] plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. The resurrection plant can be found from Texas to Arizona and as far south as el Salvador. Growing from rock out croppings or in dry soil. When the soil becomes moist after the rain, the resurrection plant absorbs water and grow rapidly. It produces a flat rossete of scaly stems up to one foot acroos. As the soil dries, it cannot store water, so it folds up it's stems into a tight ball, dries up, and goes into a state of dormancy. The folder plant has a limited surface area and conserves what little moisture is present. All metabolic functions are reduced to a minimum and the plant appears to be dead. It can remain in the dormant condition for years. When the rains return, the plants cells absorb the water and become hydrated. The attend unfold, metabolism increases, and growth resumes. Even dead resurrection plants will unfold if given water! The resurrection plants ability to seemingly return from the dead certainly justifies it's common name | |||
| ]'' reviving within 3 hours after the addition of water.]] | ]'' reviving within 3 hours after the addition of water.]] | ||
| Examples include | Examples include: | ||
| * '']'', also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa | * '']'', also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa | ||
| * ];<ref name="Bailey1916">{{cite book|title=The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture|author=Liberty Hyde Bailey|publisher=The Macmillan company |year=1916 |volume=5 |pages=2920–2921; 3639 |url= |
* ];<ref name="Bailey1916">{{cite book|title=The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture|author=Liberty Hyde Bailey|publisher=The Macmillan company |year=1916 |volume=5 |pages=2920–2921; 3639 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpMDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2920 | ||
| }}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
| * '']''<ref name=Zhang2012>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = T. | last2 = Fang | first2 = Y. | last3 = Wang | first3 = X. | last4 = Deng | first4 = X. | last5 = Zhang | first5 = X. | last6 = Hu | first6 = S. | last7 = Yu | first7 = J. | editor1-last = Badger | editor1-first = Jonathan H | title = The Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Boea hygrometrica: Insights into the Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0030531 | journal = |
* '']'',<ref name=Zhang2012>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = T. | last2 = Fang | first2 = Y. | last3 = Wang | first3 = X. | last4 = Deng | first4 = X. | last5 = Zhang | first5 = X. | last6 = Hu | first6 = S. | last7 = Yu | first7 = J. | editor1-last = Badger | editor1-first = Jonathan H | title = The Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Boea hygrometrica: Insights into the Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0030531 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = e30531 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22291979| pmc =3264610 | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...730531Z | doi-access = free }}</ref> | ||
| * '']'', members of the Linderniaceae/Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers | |||
| * '']'' | * '']'' | ||
| ⚫ | * '']'', a symbiosis that can survive extreme ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/resurrection_plant.htm |title=Resurrection Plant |publisher=Faculty.ucc.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref> | ||
| * '']''.<ref name="Bailey1916"/> | |||
| * '']'', the plant can revive within a short period of time after a drought | |||
| ⚫ | * '']'' | ||
| * '']'', a plant species native to Southern Africa | * '']'', a plant species native to Southern Africa | ||
| * '']'', |
* '']'', also known as resurrection fern | ||
| * '']'', a species in the family Gesneriaceae | |||
| * '']'', a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty | * '']'', a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty | ||
| ⚫ | * '']'' | ||
| ⚫ | * '']'', a symbiosis that can survive |
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| * '']'', a monocotyledonous genus of 57 species<ref name=POWO>{{cite web|work=Plants of the World Online |title=Xerophyta Juss. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1681-1 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 May 2024 }}</ref> typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands | |||
| Certain resurrection plants have long been sold in their dry, "lifeless" form as curiosities. |
Certain resurrection plants have long been sold in their dry, "lifeless" form as curiosities. This custom was noted by many 19th-century authors, and continues today. | ||
| In December, 2015, resurrection plants were featured in a ] given by Professor ] | |||
| ,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_farrant |title=TED Speaker: Jill Farrant |publisher=TED.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref> Molecular and Cell Biology, ], ], who performs targeted ] of crop plants to make them tolerate ] by activating genes that are already there but not natively expressed in response to ]. | |||
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water |title=TED Talk: How we can make crops survive without water |publisher=TED.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * '']'', the resurrection fern | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Resurrection Plant}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Resurrection Plant}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 29 July 2024
A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years.
Examples include:
- Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
- Asteriscus (plant);
- Dorcoceras hygrometrica,
- Craterostigma, members of the Linderniaceae/Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
- Haberlea rhodopensis
- Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive extreme desiccation,
- Mesembryanthemum, the plant can revive within a short period of time after a drought
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
- Pleopeltis polypodioides, also known as resurrection fern
- Ramonda serbica, a species in the family Gesneriaceae
- Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
- Tillandsia
- Xerophyta, a monocotyledonous genus of 57 species typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
Certain resurrection plants have long been sold in their dry, "lifeless" form as curiosities. This custom was noted by many 19th-century authors, and continues today.
In December, 2015, resurrection plants were featured in a TED talk given by Professor Jill Farrant , Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, who performs targeted genetic modification of crop plants to make them tolerate desiccation by activating genes that are already there but not natively expressed in response to drought.
See also
References
- Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916). The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. Vol. 5. The Macmillan company. pp. 2920–2921, 3639.
- Zhang, T.; Fang, Y.; Wang, X.; Deng, X.; Zhang, X.; Hu, S.; Yu, J. (2012). Badger, Jonathan H (ed.). "The Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Boea hygrometrica: Insights into the Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e30531. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...730531Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030531. PMC 3264610. PMID 22291979.
- "Resurrection Plant". Faculty.ucc.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- "Xerophyta Juss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- "TED Speaker: Jill Farrant". TED.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- "TED Talk: How we can make crops survive without water". TED.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
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